One day Quinn asked Pablo Picasso if he could photograph the top floor studios. He agreed and prcoeeded to take out, one by one, old and new paintings from his collection. This work Pablo Picasso remembered Quinn photographed him painting in 1955 (see 550853 - 550929). Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins 1967.
In his top-floor studio at Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins, in 1967, Pablo Picasso stands amidst his collection. Having agreed to let Quinn photograph the space, Picasso began taking out old and new paintings from his collection. Dressed in a patterned shirt, the artist looks down, surrounded by canvases stacked against the rough stone walls. Among the visible works are a surrealist scene with a reclining nude and a prominent cubist portrait of a seated woman.
Artworks:
- "Nature morte sur une commode", 1955. Warncke:524
- "Femme nue allongée (Les voyeurs)" or "Suzanne et les vieillards", 1955. Warncke:525;
- "Femme au chignon dans un fauteuil", 1962. Zervos.XXIII:92
Abbreviations: see Bibliography
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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com / © Succession Picasso / 2020, ProLitteris, Zurich
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