Maurice Thorez with Louis Aragon, his wife, famous lady communist Elsa Triolet and her older sister Lilja Brik, muse of Vladimir Maykovsky, at a private viewing of Pablo Picasso's book illustrations in the Matarasso gallery in Nice. "Pablo Picasso. Un Demi-Siècle de Livres Illustrés". Galerie H. Matarasso. 21.12.1956-31.1.1957. Nice 1956.
Maurice Thorez, with a broad, joyful expression, stands with his hands clasped over a walking cane. He is joined by writer Louis Aragon, his wife Elsa Triolet, and her sister Lilja Brik, muse of Vladimir Mayakovsky, who wears a distinctive white fur hat with a spotted veil. The group attends a private viewing for the exhibition "Pablo Picasso. Un Demi-Siècle de Livres Illustrés" at the Galerie H. Matarasso. Nice, 1956.
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