Pablo Picasso and Jacqueline with the goat Esmeralda at Christmas 1956. She was a Christmas present from Jacqueline. La Californie, Cannes 1956.

At his villa La Californie, Pablo Picasso smiles warmly at the goat Esmeralda, a Christmas present from his wife, Jacqueline, in 1956. The artist, dressed in a plaid flannel shirt, sits in a wooden chair as the small goat places its hooves on his lap. Jacqueline, seated beside them, leans forward over a table with a gentle smile. The informal scene is set in their Cannes home, a room filled with personal objects and a significant collection of sculptures.

Artworks:

"La cage à l'oiseau", 1953. Spies:548C;
"La grue", 1951. Spies:461.IIc
Tiki, French Polynesia, Stepan:10
Tête de femme (Dora Maar)", 1941. Spies:197.II;
"Oiseau", 1947. Picasso, Unique Ceramics, Hammer Galleries, New York, 1999, p.11

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

BirdCage, Ceramics, Pets, Sculptures, TribalArt

Filename:

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