Pablo Picasso shows a sketchbook (drawing 17.7.1959.) Gathered around him as he comments on the book are Lucie Weill, a Paris publisher, the writer Michel Leiris, his wife Louise Leiris, owner with Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler of the Leiris Gallery Paris. La Californie, Cannes 1959.

In his studio at La Californie, Cannes, Pablo Picasso turns the page of a sketchbook, revealing a line drawing dated 17 July 1959. Gathered around him, engrossed in his commentary, are Paris publisher Lucie Weill, writer Michel Leiris, and his wife, Louise Leiris, co-owner of the Galerie Leiris. The art-filled room, with a caned chair and framed pictures in the background, creates an atmosphere of quiet contemplation and shared interest.

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Artworks:

"Pierre Reverdy, Le Chant des morts", 1948
"Intérieur avec femme dans un rocking-chair", Westheider:32

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

Books, Writers

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