Pablo Picasso and Luis Miguel Dominguin. La Californie, Cannes 1959. - Photo by Edward Quinn

Pablo Picasso and Luis Miguel Dominguin. La Californie, Cannes 1959.

In the sunlit studio of his villa La Californie in Cannes, Pablo Picasso and the bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguin share a moment of intense concentration in 1959. Picasso, a cigarette in his mouth, stands beside the taller Dominguin as they both look down intently at a small object held in their hands. The room is filled with artworks in various stages of completion, including a large Cubist painting on an easel. Bright sunlight streams in, casting long, sharp shadows across the wooden floor and creating a warm, atmospheric scene.


Artworks:

  • "Homme, femme et enfant", 1906. , Zervos.IIb:587
  • "Deux femmes" or "Deux femmes avec un vase à fleurs", 1959. Similar (different position of right arm) Bloch.I:915; Geiser/Baer:1239
  • "Bacchanale", 1959. Bloch.I:930.
  • "Paysage" or "L'arbre", 1907. Zervos.IIb:681; MPParis:21
  • "Nature morte au compotier", 1937. Pola Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan, not in Zervos
  • Two masks on the wall >> Artwork(s) not yet identified
  • Ceramic >> Artwork(s) not yet identified
  • Abbreviations: see Bibliography


Keywords:

ArtNotIdentified, Bullfighters, TribalArt

Filename:

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