Pablo Picasso shows a drawing he has done of his friend the writer Jacques Prévert. On the left Susi Magnelli. La Californie, Cannes 24.10.1956. (Eve of Pablo Picasso's 75th birthday.)

Pablo Picasso, dressed in a short-sleeved shirt and plaid trousers, holds up a line drawing of his friend, the writer Jacques Prévert. To his left, Susi Magnelli observes the artwork. The informal scene unfolds in the creative clutter of his studio at the Villa La Californie in Cannes on 24 October 1956, the eve of the artist’s 75th birthday. The drawing of Prévert, a face in profile with a cigarette, is signed and dated "26.7.56".

Artworks:

"Portrait de Jacques Prévert XVI", 26.9.1956. MPParis:1514
"Portrait de femme à la robe verte II", 1956. Richardson.2010:207
"Femme au chapeau", 1956. Czwiklitzer:105

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

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