Metamorphosis was key not only in Pablo Picasso's work but also in his private life. He had a fantastic range of hats, caps, and other headgear from all over the world and liked to use them whenever he met a visitor for the first time. Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins 30.12.1969.

Pablo Picasso, for whom metamorphosis was a key theme, often donned an item from his vast collection of hats to greet first-time visitors. Here at his Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie home in Mougins on 30 December 1969, he poses in a doorway, looking directly at the camera with his hands on his hips. He wears a soft cap, glasses, a patterned ascot, and a light cardigan unconventionally cinched with a wide leather belt. A fisheye lens captures the intimate, art-filled interior, with a sculpted mask hanging on the door behind him and a large painting resting against a far wall.

Artworks:

"Les toits de Barcelone", 1903. MPBarcelona:112.943; Zervos.I:207
"Portrait de Mateu Fernández de Soto", 1901-1902. Zervos.I:86
"Portrait de Corina Pere Romeu" 1902. MPParis:1990.4; Zervos.I:130
Caricature with Picasso by Cummings on a theft of a Picasso work: "We've done even better
We stole Picasso himself"

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

FunnyPicture, Hats

Filename:

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