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

At his villa La Californie in Cannes, Pablo Picasso stands with Esmeralda, a goat he received from Jacqueline Roque for Christmas 1956. Gathered on the floor amidst festive decorations are Jacqueline, Claude, Paloma, Catherine Hutin, housekeeper Inès Sassier, Jan, and Gérard Sassier. The room is filled with art, featuring a large Christmas tree and a fireplace mantel displaying Picasso’s own painted cutouts and ceramics.

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Artworks:

From left "Grande Bourrache piece provençale, decor visage", dated 4.1.1952. Similar: RamieG: 281
"Musicien assis", 1956. WS:549
"Tête au soleil", 1956.
"Musicien assis", 1956. Wofsy.56:290; WS:548
on the floor: Frame with 15.3 x 15.3 cm tiles, identified upper right: "Tête de faune", 1956. , other tiles ?
"L'enfant", 1956. WS:506,
"La femme enceinte,1er état", 1950. WS:349.I

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

Ceramics, Music, Pets, Sculptures

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