Pablo Picasso shows a sketchbook (drawing 17.7.1959.) Gathered around him as he comments on the book are Lucie Weill, a Paris publisher, the writer Michel Leiris, his wife Louise Leiris, owner with Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler of the Leiris Gallery Paris. La Californie, Cannes 1959.

At his La Californie studio in Cannes, Pablo Picasso shows a drawing from his sketchbook to an attentive group. Gathered around the artist are publisher Lucie Weill, writer Michel Leiris, and his wife Louise Leiris, co-owner of the Parisian Galerie Leiris. With concentrated expressions, they lean in to observe the work, sharing a quiet moment of appreciation as Picasso, in patterned trousers, turns a page and comments on the art. 1959.

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Artworks:

"Pierre Reverdy, Le Chant des morts", 1948
"Intérieur avec femme dans un rocking-chair", Westheider:32

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

Books, Writers

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