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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.

An interior view of the Musée national Picasso-Paris during its 1985 opening in the Marais quarter. Illuminated by natural light, the gallery’s white walls and herringbone wood floors create a clean backdrop for Picasso’s art. A large painting of a seated figure hangs beside a smaller portrait, while a recessed niche displays a framed drawing and several small sculptures. In the corner, a sculpted head rests on a small shelf. A thin rope barrier stands in the foreground.

Artworks:

  • "Les demoiselles d'Avignon: buste de femme (Étude)", 1907. MPParis:18; Zervos.IIb:617
  • "Les demoiselles d'Avignon: nu assis (Étude)", 1906. MPParis:10; Zervos.IIb:651
  • "Femme se coiffant (Fernande)", 1906. MPParis:1981.03; Spies:7
  • Cabinet: "Études pour Autoportrait à la palette", MPParis:524.r; Zervos.XXVI:5
  • "Nu debout", 1907. MPParis:236.a; Spies:17a; Zervos.IIb:667a
  • "Buste de femme au chignon, de trois quarts", 1907. MPParis:1859.11r; Zervos.IIb:605
  • "Figure debout", 1907. MPParis:239; Spies:20A.I
  • "Femme aux bras levés vue de dos", 1907. MPParis:11
  • "Figure", 1907. MPParis:237; Spies:15; Zervos.IIb:668
  • "Tête de femme", MPParis:235; Spies:12
  • "Trois nus", 1907. MPParis:240

    • Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

Exhibition

Filename:

pic850133.jpg

Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com / © Succession Picasso / 2020, ProLitteris, Zurich
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