Maurice Thorez, Henri Matarasso and Louis Aragon at a private viewing of Pablo Picasso's book illustrations in the Matarasso gallery in Nice. "Pablo Picasso. Un Demi-Siècle de Livres Illustrés". Galerie H. Matarasso. 21.12.1956-31.1.1957. Nice 1956. - Photo by Edward Quinn

Maurice Thorez, Henri Matarasso and Louis Aragon at a private viewing of Pablo Picasso's book illustrations in the Matarasso gallery in Nice. "Pablo Picasso. Un Demi-Siècle de Livres Illustrés". Galerie H. Matarasso. 21.12.1956-31.1.1957. Nice 1956.

At the Galerie H. Matarasso in Nice, Maurice Thorez (left) and Louis Aragon (right) join gallery owner Henri Matarasso for a private viewing of the exhibition "Pablo Picasso. Un Demi-Siècle de Livres Illustrés" in 1956. Matarasso, at the center, smiles broadly while holding a small booklet. To his left, Thorez is seen in partial profile, while Aragon, wearing a textured overcoat, looks down intently to read a card. A modernist painting hangs on the wall behind the group.


Artworks:

  • "La plage à la Garoupe I", 1955. Warncke:524
  • Abbreviations: see Bibliography


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