Pablo Picasso looks at the first 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 Paulo Picasso and Louise Leiris, owner with Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler of the Leiris Gallery Paris. La Californie, Cannes 1959. - Photo by Edward Quinn

Pablo Picasso looks at the first 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 Paulo Picasso and Louise Leiris, owner with Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler of the Leiris Gallery Paris. La Californie, Cannes 1959.

At his villa La Californie, Cannes, in 1959, Pablo Picasso looks at the first copy of a book of poems by Pierre Reverdy that he has illustrated. With arms crossed, he intently studies the pages, joined by his son Paulo, a cigarette in his mouth, and Louise Leiris of the Leiris Gallery. She gazes at the book with a contemplative expression, her chin resting on her hand.


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Artworks:

  • "Pierre Reverdy, Le Chant des morts", 1948
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