La Californie, Cannes 25.10.1959.

Pablo Picasso’s bustling studio at his villa, La Californie, in Cannes, 25 October 1959. The grand room, with its ornate classical architecture and high ceilings, is filled with a dynamic array of modern artworks. A prominent sculpture of a bull's head crafted from wicker stands near the center, surrounded by canvases on easels displaying Cubist-style portraits and abstract forms. The space, filled with paintings, totem-like sculptures, and art supplies, is illuminated by soft light from arched French doors, conveying a powerful sense of prolific creation.

Artworks:

"Oiseau", 1957. Spies:543B (Spies dates 1958, probably wrong)
"La chouette" or "Hibou blanc", 1950. Spies:403;
Bullfight mask originally intended for bullfighters' training, over "Femme debout", 1953. Spies:480
Femme couchée et homme au grand chapeau III", 1959. Bloch.I:919; Geiser/Baer:1236
"Femme se tenant les genoux" (inachevé) (Jacqueline),
"La pique (rouge et jaune)", 1959. Bloch.I:908; Geiser/Baer:1227
"Avant la pique" or Picador, 1959. Bloch.I:941; Geiser/Baer:1224; Hakone:85
"Deux femmes" or "Deux femmes avec un vase à fleurs", 1959 (earlier stage >> Artwork(s) not yet identified ). Bloch.I:915; Geiser/Baer:1239
"Picador et taureau", 1959. Bloch.I:907; Geiser/Baer:1229
"Portrait de Jacqueline", 1955.
Bronze replica of God A'a, Rurutu, Austral Islands, Stepan:12
"Exposition Ceramique Vallauris 1959", 1959. Bloch.I:1286; Geiser/Baer:1216; Czwiklitzer:34
Ceramic heads on the walls >> Artwork(s) not yet identified
Right: Balaphone, Baninko, Mali, Stepan:29

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

ArtNotIdentified, BullfightArt, Masks, Sculptures, TribalArt

Filename:

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