Pablo Picasso and David Douglas Duncan. La Californie, Cannes 1960.

At his Villa La Californie in Cannes, 1960, a shirtless Pablo Picasso listens intently as David Douglas Duncan gestures while speaking. The artist’s studio is a treasure trove of creative life, crowded with stacked canvases, sculptures, and stringed instruments. A still-life painting hangs behind Picasso, near a ceramic plate decorated with a face, while a poster bearing his name is visible to the far right. The scene captures a candid moment in a creatively charged environment filled with papers, books, and art in various states of completion.

Artworks:

"Nature morte au compotier" or "Nature morte aux cerises", 1943. Guigon:234
"La grue", 1952-1954. Spies:461.II; MPParis:343
"Portrait de femme à la robe verte II", 1956. Richardson.2010:207
"Plantes aux toritos", 1960. Bloch.I:948
"Intérieur avec chaise longue bleu I" or "Interieur rouge avec un transatlantique bleu", 1958. Westheider:36 (print see Christie's New York, 2.11.2004)
"Tête de femme (Dora Maar)", 1941. Spies:197.II,
"Oiseau", 1947. Picasso, Unique Ceramics, Hammer Galleries, New York 1999, p.11
"Masque" (double sided mask), 1956. Spies:588
"Masque", 1956. Spies:586
"Grand masque - Visage découpage", 1955. Richardson.2010:189
Banda mask, Stepan:41
Affiche pour l'exposition "Picasso 45 linoléums gravés" à la Galerie Louise Leiris 15 Juin - 3 Juillet 1960. Czwiklitzer:152

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

Ceramics, Masks, Photographers, Sculptures

Filename:

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