Pablo Picasso with a wicker bull mask originally intended for bullfighters' training, he becomes a living Minotaur. Beside him is a sculpture made of scrap wood with the features painted on it. La Californie, Cannes 1959.

Pablo Picasso becomes a living Minotaur in his studio at La Californie, Cannes, 1959. Shirtless, he dons a wicker bull mask originally intended for bullfighters' training, holding a lit cigarette in one hand while raising the other to the side of the mask. Beside him stands a sculpture assembled from scrap wood, its features simply painted on.

Artworks:

"Femme debout", 1953. Spies:480
On the wall a mask Teotihuacan, Mexico

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

Bullfight, Masks, PicassoPortrait, Sculptures

Filename:

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