Picasso looks at the copy of a deluxe edition of a book of poems by Pierre Reverdy, for which he has made the illustrations. Gathered around him as he comments on the book are Madame Weill, the writer Michel Leiris, his wife Louise Leiris, owner with Kahnweiler of the Leiris Gallery Paris, and Paulo. La Californie, Cannes 1959.
At his Cannes villa, La Californie, Pablo Picasso comments on a deluxe edition of poems by Pierre Reverdy which he illustrated. Gathered intently around the table are his son Paulo, Madame Weill, writer Michel Leiris, and Louise Leiris—wife of Michel and co-owner of the Leiris Gallery in Paris. All are focused on the open pages, displaying a bold, graphic illustration. 1959.
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