Pablo Picasso looks at the first copy of a deluxe edition of a book of poems by Pierre Reverdy, for which he has made the illustrations. Gathered around him as he comments on the book are Paulo Picasso and Louise Leiris, owner with Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler of the Leiris Gallery Paris. La Californie, Cannes 1959.

At his villa La Californie in Cannes, 1959, Pablo Picasso examines the first copy of a deluxe poetry edition by Pierre Reverdy, for which he created the illustrations. With arms crossed, he intently studies a page open to one of his bold, abstract designs. He is joined by Louise Leiris, co-owner of the Parisian Leiris Gallery, who rests her chin on her hand in thought, and his son, Paulo Picasso, who looks on from behind with a cigarette dangling from his lips. The art-filled studio surrounds them in an atmosphere of quiet concentration.

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"Pierre Reverdy, Le Chant des morts", 1948

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