Pablo Picasso and English art critic Clive Bell. La Californie, Cannes 1958.

English art critic Clive Bell listens attentively to an animated Pablo Picasso at the artist's villa, La Californie, in Cannes, 1958. The contrast between the two men is striking: Bell, tall and formally dressed in a dark suit and flat-topped hat, stands with a reserved posture. Picasso, shorter and more casual in a polo shirt and corduroy trousers, gestures expressively as he speaks. They are captured in bright sunlight, with a bronze sculpture and lush palm trees visible in the background.

Artworks:

"Tête de femme", 1931. Spies:132

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

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Sculptures

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