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, Pablo Picasso takes a bullfighting lesson from the expert matador Luis Miguel Dominguin. Picasso assumes the role of the bull, wearing a Spanish wicker mask originally intended for training, a cigarette dangling from his lips. Surrounded by large canvases, he receives instruction as dramatic sunlight streams into the room, casting long, atmospheric shadows across the floor. Cannes, 1959.

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Artworks:

"Femme debout", 1953. Spies:480
"Les demoiselles d'Avignon: buste de femme à la grande oreille (Étude)", 1907. MPParis:17, Zervos.XXVI:18
"Homme, femme et enfant", 1906.Zervos.IIb:587

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

Bullfight, Bullfighters, Masks, Sculptures

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