Opening of the Picasso Museum Paris (Musée national Picasso Paris), located in the Marais Quarter. Paris 1985. - Photo by Edward Quinn

Opening of the Picasso Museum Paris (Musée national Picasso Paris), located in the Marais Quarter. Paris 1985.

Visitors fill a brightly lit gallery during the 1985 opening of the Musée national Picasso-Paris. Dressed in the styles of the era, the crowd gazes at the newly displayed collection. Among the works visible are a large, blue-toned portrait of two pensive men and another canvas depicting a shirtless youth beside a figure playing a panpipe. In the center, a man wearing a backpack gestures towards one of the paintings, drawing the attention of those around him.


Artworks:

  • "La lecture de la lettre", 1921. MPParis:72
  • "Femme assise", 1920. MPParis:67; Zervos.IV:179
  • "Tête de femme", 1921. MPParis:66; Zervos.XXX:236
  • "Nature morte au pichet et aux pommes", 1919. MPParis:64
  • "La flûte de Pan", 1923. MPParis:79; Zervos.V:141
  • Abbreviations: see Bibliography


Keywords:

Exhibition

Filename:

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