Visit of Clive Bell. Pablo Picasso and Jacqueline. La Californie, Cannes 1958.
Pablo Picasso, in a tan polo shirt and striped trousers, smiles from a bentwood rocking chair during a visit from art critic Clive Bell to his villa, La Californie, in Cannes, 1958. Beside him, his wife Jacqueline listens attentively, elegantly dressed in a dark suit. The sunlit, art-filled room is brimming with creative clutter—papers, drawings, and a vase of irises—while stylized sculptures are visible in the garden beyond the large glass doors.
Artworks:
- Sculptures in garden, from left: "Tête de femme (Fernande)", 1906. MPBarcelona:113.035; MPParis:234; Spies:6.II; Zervos.I:323
- "Baigneuse", 1931. MPParis:305; Spies:115.II
- "La femme en robe longue", Spies:238
- "La femme enceinte,1er état", 1950. Spies:349.II
- "Tête de mort", 1941. MPParis:326; Spies:219.II
Abbreviations: see Bibliography
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