At Christmas with Esmeralda, the goat Pablo Picasso received from Jacqueline. Pablo Picasso, Inès Sassier, Pablo Picasso's housekeeper, Jacqueline, Claude Picasso, Paloma Picasso, Catherine Hutin, Gérard Sassier. La Californie, Cannes 1956.

Pablo Picasso celebrates Christmas 1956 at his villa, La Californie, in Cannes. He looks on as Jacqueline pets the head of Esmeralda, a goat she had given him as a gift. Gathered around a decorated tree are his housekeeper, Inès Sassier, her husband Gérard, and the children Claude and Paloma Picasso and Catherine Hutin. The intimate holiday scene unfolds amidst the artist's own creations, including a ceramic vase and cut-out paintings on the mantelpiece and the sculpture *The Pregnant Woman* to the right.

Artworks:

From left "Grande Bourrache pièce provençale, decor visage", dated 4.1.1952. Similar: RamieG: 281
"Musicien assis", 1956. Spies:549
"Tête au soleil", 1956. RamieG:372;
"Musicien assis", 1956. Spies:548
"La femme enceinte,1er état", 1950. Spies:349.I;

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

Ceramics, Music, Musicians, Pets, Sculptures

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