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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 in Cannes, 1961. A large, dark, assembled sculpture acts as an easel, while portraits of Jacqueline and Paloma Picasso are surrounded by drawings and notes pinned to the wall. Sculptures in painted iron and plaster populate the room, where a dramatic beam of sunlight cuts diagonally across the space. The light illuminates a large line drawing of a woman’s head and the dust in the air, casting deep shadows throughout the scene of intense creative activity.

Artworks:

  • "Femme au chapeau", Spies:626 2d
  • "Paloma", 1951. Warncke:481
  • "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 "Tête d'homme de profil", Spies:615A
  • "Deux nus et enfant", Zervos.XX:14
  • Drawing "Portrait de femme de profil", 17.6.1955. Picasso Estate (not in Zervos) >> Artwork(s) not yet identified
  • "Enfant" or "Figure debout", on newspaper and cut-out of newspaper, Spies:559A;
  • "Homme courant I", Spies:558
  • "Enfant", Spies:559
  • "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
  • Two small paintings with vase on the wall >> Artwork(s) not yet identified
  • Small painting of girl on the radiator>> Artwork(s) not yet identified

    • Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

ArtNotIdentified, Ceramics, Newspaper&Magazine, Sculptures

Filename:

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