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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.

Visitors at the 1985 opening of the Musée national Picasso Paris. Inside the brightly lit, minimalist gallery, a long series of framed artworks depicting stylized, dancing figures hangs on a white wall. Some patrons are seated on a central bench with their backs to the camera, while a woman in a colorful floral dress stands to admire the collection. The scene captures the quiet contemplation of the museum’s first guests in the Marais quarter.

Artworks:

  • "La femme au tambourin", 1939. Geiser/Baer:646: MPParis:2788; MPParis:2789; MPParis:2790; MPParis:2791; MPParis:2792; MPParis:2793; MPParis:2794
  • "'David et Bethsabée' (d'après Cranach)", 1947. MPP3419 ff.

    • Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

Exhibition

Filename:

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