Pablo Picasso with a Spanish wicker mask of a bull, originally intended for bullfighters' training, takes a lesson in bull fighting from an expert, the matador Luis Miguel Dominguin. La Californie, Cannes 1959.

In his sun-drenched studio at La Californie, Cannes, Pablo Picasso takes a lesson in bullfighting from the matador Luis Miguel Dominguin. Dominguin, dressed in a V-neck sweater, holds a Spanish wicker mask of a bull—originally intended for training—while Picasso gestures toward him. The high-ceilinged room, filled with stacked canvases and other art, is dramatically illuminated by sunlight streaming through a large window, casting long, sharp shadows across the floor. 1959.

Artworks:

"Palette", Marina Picasso collection MP.006. Ocaña, M.T. et al. Exh. cat. Picasso en el taller, Fundacion Mapfre 2014, p. 305;
"Femme debout", 1953. Spies:480
"Les demoiselles d'Avignon: buste de femme à la grande oreille (Étude)", 1907. MPParis:17; Zervos.XXVI:18

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

Bullfight, Bullfighters, Masks, Sculptures

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