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The proverbial disorder of the rooms in which Pablo Picasso works is unique. Beside the large pieces of sculpture in painted iron and plaster hang portraits of Jacqueline and Paloma Picasso surrounded by drawings, objects and notes pinned to the wall. La Californie, Cannes 1961. - Photo by Edward Quinn

The proverbial disorder of the rooms in which Pablo Picasso works is unique. Beside the large pieces of sculpture in painted iron and plaster hang portraits of Jacqueline and Paloma Picasso surrounded by drawings, objects and notes pinned to the wall. La Californie, Cannes 1961.

The proverbial disorder of Pablo Picasso's studio at his villa, La Californie, is captured in this 1961 photograph. A large, rough-textured white plaster sculpture of abstracted figures stands in the foreground. On the densely covered back wall, portraits of Jacqueline and Paloma Picasso hang amid drawings and notes pinned in place. Strong side lighting casts deep shadows across the room, highlighting the varied textures of paint and sculpture and creating an atmosphere of intense artistic activity in the Cannes studio.

Artworks:

  • "Femme au chapeau", 1956. Czwiklitzer:105
  • "La cage à l'oiseau", 1953. Spies:548C
  • "Tête de taureau", Spies:240
  • Australian boomerang
  • "Femme nue allongée sur la plage et personnage debout", or "Homme et femme au bord de la mer", Zervos.XX:8
  • "Femme nue allongée sur la plage" Zervos.XX:7
  • "Deux nus et enfant", Zervos.XX:14
  • "Femme au chapeau", Spies:626 2d
  • "Paloma", 1951. Warncke:481
  • "Enfant", Spies:559
  • "Enfant" or "Figure debout", on newspaper and cut-out of newspaper, Spies:559A;
  • "Homme courant I", Spies:558
  • "Étude pour une sculpture on newspaper and cut-out of newspaper", Baldassari, A. Picasso. Working on Paper. London 2000:178
  • "Figure debout", Spies:540 II
  • Ceramic Palette >> Artwork(s) not yet identified
  • "Jacqueline accroupie", 1954. Westheider:65
  • Bird, below "Tête de taureau">> Artwork(s) not yet identified
  • Two small paintings with vase on the wall >> Artwork(s) not yet identified

    • Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

ArtNotIdentified, BirdCage, Ceramics, Newspaper&Magazine, Sculptures

Filename:

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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com / © Succession Picasso / 2020, ProLitteris, Zurich
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