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.

In the grand salon of his villa La Californie in Cannes, Pablo Picasso celebrates Christmas, 1956. Surrounded by his own art, he watches as his children, Claude and Paloma Picasso, and stepdaughter Catherine Hutin, are gathered on the floor by the tree. Central to the lively domestic scene is Esmeralda, a goat given to Picasso by his partner Jacqueline, who also appears in the photograph along with housekeeper Inès Sassier and her husband Gérard.

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
"L'enfant", 1956. Spies:506,

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

Ceramics, Music, Musicians, Pets, Sculptures

Filename:

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