Pablo Picasso sitting at a school bench. Dressed in the checkered trousers that amuse him because of their association with the self-portraits of Courbet, Pablo Picasso toys with a small cardboard sculpture. La Californie, Cannes 1957.

Seated at a simple desk in his studio at La Californie, Cannes, in 1957, Pablo Picasso toys with a small cardboard sculpture. He wears striking checkered trousers, a style he found amusing for its association with the self-portraits of Courbet, and looks directly at the camera with a calm, intense gaze. The creatively cluttered room is filled with artworks; behind him, numerous canvases are stacked against a wall near an easel holding two small portraits, while a large, multi-paned window illuminates the scene.

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Artworks:

Far left on the right of the postcard: "Oiseau", 1957 (Spies dates 1958, probably wrong), Spies:543b
On the bench "Buste de femme", 1957. MPParis:1829.1.3; Spies:496
"Portrait d'enfant (Claude)", 1951. Richardson.2012:130
"Fillette à la poupée (Paloma)", 1952. Richardson.2012:131
Behind Picasso: "Le jeune homme", 1956. Spies:508;
"La femme aux bras écartées", 1956. Spies:507;

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

FunnyPicture, Sculptures

Filename:

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