La Californie, Cannes 1958.

At the villa La Californie in Cannes, 1958, an ornate room with high ceilings serves as Pablo Picasso's busy studio. A large, Cubist-style painting of nudes stands prominently on an easel, surrounded by a profusion of other canvases and sculptures. The elegant space is filled with creative disarray, from finished works to decorated ceramic plates and coiled cords, creating a striking contrast between the classical architecture and the avant-garde art being created within its walls.

Artworks:

Ceramic plates left >> Artwork(s) not yet identified
On the left on the wall: "Palette de l'artiste", Marina Picasso collection MP.006. Ocaña, M.T. et al. Exh. cat. Picasso en el taller, Fundacion Mapfre 2014, p. 305;
"La femme à la clé (La Taulière)" (with candle), 1954. Spies:237;
"Tête de femme", Spies:493
"Baigneurs sur la plage à la Garoupe", 1957. Warncke:537
"Tête de femme", Spies:495
"Bord de mer", 1957
three small paintings on the floor (Regatta>> Artwork(s) not yet identified ) >> Artwork(s) not yet identified
centre of the 3 smaller paintings: "Paysage avec personnages I", 1957. Westheider:40
"Taureau", 1957. Zervos.XVII:329
"Jacqueline accroupie", 1954. Zervos.XVI:329
"Jacqueline assise", 1954. MPMalaga:1.9.A; Zervos.XVI:328
"La plongeuse", 1956. Spies:503
"Femmes à la toilette", 1956. MPParis:210; Zervos.XVII:54
Behind "Femmes à la toilette": "L'atelier de La Californie" or "Rocking chair à La Californie", "L'atelier", "Fauteuil à La Californie", 1956. Zervos.XVII:101

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

ArtNotIdentified, Ceramics, RockingChair, Sculptures

Filename:

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