Exhibition "Pablo Picasso 1969-1970" (Avignon I), Palais des Papes, Avignon, 1.5.-30.9.1970.

Two unframed canvases by Pablo Picasso hang against a rough stone wall in the Palais des Papes, Avignon, for the 1970 exhibition of his recent work. On the left (no. 152), a man holds a paper before a woman rendered in a cubist combination of frontal and profile views. To its right is the passionate embrace often titled "The Kiss" (no. 153), where the faces of a bearded man and a woman merge. The ancient, weathered wall provides a stark backdrop for the artist’s raw, late-period figures.

Artworks:

"La lecture" or "Couple au livre", 1969. X70:022; Zervos.XXXII:21
"Couple", 1969. Zervos.XXXII:22

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

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