Pablo Picasso with a Spanish wicker mask of a bull, originally intended for bullfighters' training, takes a lesson in bull fighting from an expert, the matador Luis Miguel Dominguin. La Californie, Cannes 1959.

In the sun-drenched studio of his villa La Californie in Cannes, Pablo Picasso receives a lesson in bullfighting from the matador Luis Miguel Dominguin, 1959. Dominguin holds a Spanish wicker mask of a bull, an object intended for training, as Picasso gestures with his hand. The two men are surrounded by canvases and sculptures, with bright light from a large arched door casting long shadows across the floor.

Artworks:

"Palette", Marina Picasso collection MP.006. Ocaña, M.T. et al. Exh. cat. Picasso en el taller, Fundacion Mapfre 2014, p. 305;
"Femme debout", 1953. Spies:480
"Les demoiselles d'Avignon: buste de femme à la grande oreille (Étude)", 1907. MPParis:17; Zervos.XXVI:18

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

Bullfight, Bullfighters, Masks, Sculptures

Filename:

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