Pablo Picasso at Christmas with Esmeralda, the goat he received from Jacqueline. Pablo Picasso, Jacqueline, Claude Picasso, Paloma Picasso, Catherine Hutin, Gérard Sassier. La Californie, Cannes 1956.

Pablo Picasso celebrates Christmas at his villa, La Californie, in Cannes, 1956. Surrounded by Jacqueline, his children Claude and Paloma, Catherine Hutin, and Gérard Sassier, he watches the children play on the floor. The high-ceilinged room, decorated with a large tree, is filled with his artworks, with ceramics and painted cutouts on the mantelpiece. Standing calmly amid the festive domestic scene is Esmeralda, the goat Picasso received as a gift from Jacqueline.

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
On the floor: frame with 15.3 x 15.3 cm tiles, identified second row right "Tête de faune III", 1956. Sotheby's London, 5.2.2020
Upper row right: "Tête de faune", 1956. Sotheby's London, 6.2.2013
Other tiles in the panneau >> Artwork(s) not yet identified
"L'enfant", 1956. Spies:506,

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

ArtNotIdentified, Ceramics, Music, Musicians, Pets, Sculptures

Filename:

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