On the grandstand of a bullfight put on in Pablo Picasso's honor. On the left of Picasso Jacqueline, on the right Jean Cocteau, Inès Sassier, Pablo Picasso's housekeeper, behind Picasso his children Paloma Picasso, Maya Picasso and Claude Picasso. Vallauris 1955.

At a bullfight held in his honor in Vallauris, 1955, Pablo Picasso, with a deeply lined face and intense eyes, brings a cigarette to his lips. He is seated on the grandstand, flanked by Jacqueline Roque to his left and a formally dressed Jean Cocteau to his right. Behind the central group, the tightly cropped frame captures Picasso’s housekeeper, Inès Sassier, and his children. A young Claude Picasso wraps his arms around Cocteau’s shoulders, while Maya and Paloma Picasso look on, sharing an intimate moment within the larger gathering.

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ArtNotIdentified, Bullfight, Jewellery

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