Pablo Picasso washing a linocut print to remove surplus ink. Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins 1964.

Pablo Picasso washes surplus ink from a linocut print in the bathtub of his home, Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie in Mougins, 1964. Captured in profile, he leans over the tub, using a handheld shower to rinse the plate as it rests on a simple rack. The background is a wall of ornate tiles decorated with motifs of birds and flowers.

Artworks:

"Cinque sujets différents", 1964 (not 1959-1961). Picasso Estampes 1904-1974, exh.cat., Fondation Pierre Gianadda. Martigny 1981. Cat. 134. ("Couple debout"
"Bacchanale au chat et à la chèvre (Musicien et danseur)" 1959. Geiser/Baer:1261
"Homme jouant de la flûte traversière" or "L'étreinte", 1959. Sotheby's London, 25.10.2000; Geiser/Baer:1266
"Jeune homme apportant une ecuelle a un viellard", 1961. Geiser/Baer:1271.I
"Faune et chèvre" or "Flûtiste et chèvre savant", 1959. Bloch.I:949; Geiser/Baer:1267). See also Geiser/Baer:1257.BA. Works on Paper from the Pablo Picasso Estate (Anderson Galleries, Locust Valley, 2006.)

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

AtWork, Music, Musicians

Filename:

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