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Pablo Picasso and Henri Matarasso, gallery owner and publisher. La Californie, Cannes 1959. - Photo by Edward Quinn

Pablo Picasso and Henri Matarasso, gallery owner and publisher. La Californie, Cannes 1959.

At his villa La Californie in Cannes, 1959, Pablo Picasso studies a book with intense focus. The volume is held open by gallery owner and publisher Henri Matarasso, whose formal suit and overcoat contrast with the artist’s casual undershirt and cardigan. Both men are completely absorbed in the moment, surrounded by the creative clutter of the studio, where paintings and a stringed instrument are visible on the wall.

Artworks:

  • "La Californie IV", 1958. Westheider:35
  • "Nature morte au compotier" or "Nature morte aux cerises", 1943. Guigon:234
  • Draft for "Tête de taureau", or "Tête cornue", 1958. Spies:545; Zervos.XVIII:97 (Cardboard maquette Picasso probably used for his wood sculpture "Taureau"

    • Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

Books, Sculptures

Filename:

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