Paloma Picasso pulls a surprise cracker with Catherine Hutin. The Dominguin children and Inès Sassier, Pablo Picasso's housekeeper look on. The book open on the armchair shows a portrait of Paloma Picasso. Pablo Picasso, La Californie, Cannes 1959.

In the lively studio of La Californie in Cannes, Paloma Picasso pulls a surprise cracker with Catherine Hutin, 1959. The Dominguin children and Pablo Picasso’s housekeeper, Inès Sassier, look on amid the creative clutter of canvases and personal effects. The scene captures an atmosphere of informal family life, with an open book on an armchair revealing a colorful portrait of Paloma herself.

Artworks:

"Nu à la chaise", Bloch.I:763
"Grand masque - Visage découpage", 1955. Richardson.2010:189
"Nu à la chaise", 1954. Bloch.I:763
"Masque", 1956. Spies:586;
"Masque". 1955/1956. Spies:587
"Masque" (double sided mask), 1956. Spies:588
Banda mask, Stepan:41
"Les Ménines. L’infante Margarita, buste (d'après Velázquez)", 1957. Zervos.XVII:362

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

Ceramics, Music, Sculptures

Filename:

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