Pablo Picasso with small reproduction of War and Peace drawing on the vault of the Temple of Peace (Temple de la Paix, or Chapelle de la paix, Vallauris 1961.
In his Vallauris studio in 1961, Pablo Picasso pauses to light a cigarette. Dressed in a textured knit sweater and a patterned ascot, he stands beside a large study for his monumental *War and Peace* mural. The work, resting on a wooden easel, was created for the town's Temple of Peace chapel. Its two horizontal panels contrast scenes of peace and festivity with the chaotic battle of a darker composition below. The studio setting is spare, with a weathered wall and a window with closed louvered shutters to the left.
Artworks:
- "La guerre" and "La paix", (small reproduction); Zervos.XV:196 and Zervos.XV:197
Abbreviations: see Bibliography
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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com / © Succession Picasso / 2020, ProLitteris, Zurich
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