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

At their villa La Californie in Cannes during Christmas 1956, Pablo Picasso sits relaxed in a wooden chair as Jacqueline Roque is seated at a dining table. In the foreground stands Esmeralda, a goat given to Picasso by Jacqueline as a Christmas present. The informal moment is captured in their art-filled, lived-in space, where a dense collection of sculptures and personal objects populates the mantelpiece in the background.

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
"Le Fou", 1905. MPParis:231; Spies:4; Zervos.I:322; Hakone:8

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

AtTheTable, BirdCage, Ceramics, Pets, Sculptures, TribalArt

Filename:

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