Pablo Picasso shows a sketchbook (drawing 17.7.1959.) and the first copy of a deluxe edition of a book of poems by Pierre Reverdy, for which he has made the illustrations. Louise Leiris, owner with Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler of the Leiris Gallery Paris. La Californie, Cannes 1959.
At his villa La Californie in Cannes, Pablo Picasso presents a recent ink drawing of abstract birds to Louise Leiris, co-owner of the Parisian Leiris Gallery. Dated 17 July 1959, the work captures her intent gaze. In the foreground rests another of the artist's projects: the first copy of a deluxe edition of poems by Pierre Reverdy, for which Picasso provided the illustrations. The room, filled with cubist paintings and instruments, serves as the artist’s personal studio and gallery.
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Artworks:
- "Picador", 1959. Zervos.XVIII:528
- "Pierre Reverdy, Le Chant des morts", 1948
- "Intérieur avec femme dans un rocking-chair", Westheider:32
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