Automatic piano which Pablo Picasso bought 1950 in a bistro in Vallauris. La Galloise, Vallauris 1953.

Pablo Picasso's automatic piano, bought from a bistro in Vallauris in 1950, seen here at his villa La Galloise in 1953. The instrument is housed in a large, dark wooden cabinet with an arched top and sunbursts painted on its upper panels. Affixed to the left door is a linocut poster for a 1952 Vallauris exposition featuring a goat's head. In the foreground, a daybed is draped with a blanket patterned with stylized white birds, while a mantelpiece to the right displays several ceramic pieces.

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Artworks:

"Exposition 1952 Vallauris", 1952. Bloch.I:1257.I
"Corrida", 1951. Schiff:99
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