Pablo Picasso discussing with the expert Pierre Baudouin the project for a tapestry designed by him. Luis Miguel Dominguin and at right Paulo Picasso. La Californie, Cannes 1959.
On the stone steps of his villa La Californie in Cannes, Pablo Picasso discusses the project for a tapestry of his own design. He is joined by the expert Pierre Baudouin, bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguin, and, at right, his son Paulo Picasso, who holds up one end of the boldly patterned textile. The men attentively examine the abstract modern design in the bright, natural light. 1959.
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- 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
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