Paulo Picasso with tapestry "Les clowns à la lune bleue", La Californie, Cannes 1959.

At the top of the wide stone steps of the Villa La Californie in Cannes, Paulo Picasso holds up the tapestry "Les clowns à la lune bleue" in 1959. Dressed in a dark, ribbed sweater, he stands in the sunlit open doorway of the grand residence. The artwork features stylized, linear figures set against a dark background. Behind him, the building's ornate details, including an arched window and wrought-iron balcony, are visible as bright sunlight casts sharp shadows on the steps.

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Tapestry "Les clowns à la lune bleue", 1959, not 1969. Christie's London, Feb 2004. After litho "Deux clowns: trois dessins collés au dos d'une affiche". 1954. Bloch.I:766

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