At Christmas with Esmeralda, the goat Pablo Picasso received from Jacqueline. Pablo Picasso, Inès Sassier, Pablo Picasso's housekeeper, Jacqueline, Claude Picasso, Paloma Picasso, Catherine Hutin, Gérard Sassier. La Californie, Cannes 1956.

At Pablo Picasso's villa, La Californie, an intimate Christmas celebration unfolds in 1956. The artist looks on as his family gathers on the floor: Jacqueline Picasso, housekeeper Inès Sassier, Claude and Paloma Picasso, Catherine Hutin, and Gérard Sassier. Standing in their midst is Esmeralda, a goat gifted to Picasso by Jacqueline. The grand room, filled with toys and a large Christmas tree, serves as both family space and studio, its ornate mantelpiece crowded with the artist’s own modern sculptures and paintings.

Artworks:

From left "Grande Bourrache pièce provençale, decor visage", dated 4.1.1952. Similar: RamieG: 281
"Musicien assis", Spies:549
"Tête au soleil", 1956. RamieG:372;
"Musicien assis", 1956. Spies:548

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

Ceramics, Music, Musicians, Pets, Sculptures

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