Pablo Picasso, the writer Michel Leiris, his wife Louise Leiris, owner with Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler of the Leiris Gallery Paris. La Californie, Cannes 1959.

In Pablo Picasso’s cluttered studio at Villa La Californie, gallerist Louise Leiris presents an open art book to the artist and her husband, the writer Michel Leiris. The three are captured in a moment of focused discussion in Cannes, 1959. As Picasso and Leiris look on intently, Louise points to a page displaying bold illustrations, including the dynamic figure of a picador. The room is filled with creative chaos—stacked canvases, an easel, and papers strewn across a wire-frame daybed.

Artworks:

"Avant la pique I", 1959. Zervos.XIX:73
Behind this: "Joueur de flûte et faune dansant", 1959. Zervos.XIX:103
"Poisson", 1955. Zervos.XVI:392
Balaphone, Baninko, Mali, Stepan:29
Hand of Picasso >> Artwork(s) not yet identified
"Masque: découpage", 1955. Richardson.2010:189
"Bras vertical", 1959. Spies:555.I
"Tête de femme (Dora Maar)", 1941. Spies:197.II,

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

ArtNotIdentified, BullfightArt, Sculptures, Writers

Filename:

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