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Pablo Picasso and Henri Matarasso, gallery owner and publisher. La Californie, Cannes 1959. - Photo by Edward Quinn

Pablo Picasso and Henri Matarasso, gallery owner and publisher. La Californie, Cannes 1959.

Pablo Picasso, in a white undershirt and open cardigan, stands with gallery owner and publisher Henri Matarasso at the artist's villa, La Californie, in Cannes, 1959. The two men are intently focused on an open book held by Matarasso, whose formal overcoat contrasts with Picasso’s casual attire. The busy studio is filled with artworks, including a stringed instrument on the wall and a large, partially unwrapped frame in the foreground, creating an atmosphere of quiet, shared concentration.

Artworks:

  • "La Californie IV", 1958. Westheider:35
  • "Nature morte au compotier" or "Nature morte aux cerises", 1943. Guigon:234
  • Draft for "Tête de taureau", or "Tête cornue", 1958. Spies:545; Zervos.XVIII:97 (Cardboard maquette Picasso probably used for his wood sculpture "Taureau"

    • Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

Books, Sculptures

Filename:

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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com / © Succession Picasso / 2020, ProLitteris, Zurich
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