Edouard Pignon. La Californie, Cannes 1961.

The painter Edouard Pignon stands on a stone patio at La Californie, Cannes, in 1961, his back to the viewer as he gazes into the sunlit garden. On the lawn before him, two square modernist canvases, one featuring a stylized bull’s head, lean against a bench. Framed by the dark interior of a doorway, the scene is filled with the strong contrast of light and shadow cast across dense, tropical foliage. In the distance, a construction crane is visible above the treetops.

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See also Pic610685 f. "Les Ménines: Doña Isabel de Velasco III (d'après Velázquez)", 1957. MPBarcelona:70.482; Zervos.XVII:392
(Mosaic of) "Tête de faune sur fond gris argent II", 1946. MPAntibes:1946.2.03;

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