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Pablo Picasso, Michel Leiris, Pierre Baudouin and Paulo Picasso with tapestry "Les clowns à la lune bleue", La Californie, Cannes 1959. - Photo by Edward Quinn

Pablo Picasso, Michel Leiris, Pierre Baudouin and Paulo Picasso with tapestry "Les clowns à la lune bleue", La Californie, Cannes 1959.

In the sunlit studio of his villa La Californie in Cannes, Pablo Picasso observes the unfurling of his tapestry "Les clowns à la lune bleue" in 1959. He is joined by writer Michel Leiris, Pierre Baudouin, and his son, Paulo, who hold the large textile. The room is filled with an eclectic mix of paintings, sculptures of African and Oceanic origin, and stringed instruments, with strong light from the side casting long shadows across the floor.

Artworks:

  • "Intérieur avec femme dans un rocking-chair", 1956. Westheider:32
  • "Nature morte au compotier" or "Nature morte aux cerises", 1943. Guigon:234
  • "Bacchanale" or "Couple et flûtistes au bord d'un lac", 1959. Bloch.I:930; Geiser/Baer:1259
  • "Bacchanale au taureau", 1959. Bloch.I:933; Geiser/Baer:1264.IIB2
  • "Intérieur avec chaise longue bleu I" or "Interieur rouge avec un transatlantique bleu", 1958. Westheider:36 (print see Christie's New York, 2.11.2004)
  • "Portrait de femme à la robe verte II", 1956. Richardson.2010:207
  • On the shelf from left: "La grue", 1952-1954. Spies:461.II; MPParis:343
  • "Tête de femme (Dora Maar)", 1941. Spies:197.II;
  • "Grand masque - Visage découpage", 1955. Richardson.2010:189
  • "Nature morte aux quatre poissons", 1957 or 1956 (Picasso, céramiste et la Méditerranée, Cat. 139, Exposition à Aubagne et Sèvres 2013/2014)
  • "Nu à la chaise", 1954. Bloch.I:763
  • "Masque". 1955/1956. Spies:587
  • "Masque". 1955/1956. Spies:587
  • Banda mask, Stepan:41
  • Tapestry "Les clowns à la lune bleue", 1959, not 1969. Christie's London, Feb 2004. After litho "Deux clowns: trois dessins collés au dos d'une affiche". 1954. Bloch.I:766

    • Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

RockingChair, Sculptures, Writers

Filename:

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