Luncheon at the dining and work table. Pablo Picasso, Jacqueline and Javier Vilató and his wife Germaine Lascaux. Jacqueline is wearing a dress with printed motifs of a Pablo Picasso work. La Californie, Cannes 1956.

An animated luncheon at Villa La Californie in Cannes, 1956. Seated at a dining and work table cluttered with art, Pablo Picasso gestures with a slice of melon, commanding the conversation. His nephew, Javier Vilató, listens intently while Vilató's wife, Germaine Lascaux, is partially visible. On the right, Picasso’s wife Jacqueline, wearing a dress with a printed motif from one of his works, looks on with an engaged expression. The informal meal unfolds amid a backdrop of sculptures and paintings, with bright daylight flooding the studio-like space.

Artworks:

"Tête de garçon", 8.8.1956.
On the shelf from left "La grue", 1952-1954. Spies:461.II; MPParis:343
Tiki, French Polynesia Stepan:10
"Tête de femme (Dora Maar)", 1941. Spies:197.II;

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

AtTheTable, Ceramics, Sculptures, TribalArt

Filename:

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