Pablo Picasso with a Spanish wicker mask of a bull, originally intended for bullfighters' training, takes a lesson in bull fighting from an expert, the matador Luis Miguel Dominguin. La Californie, Cannes 1959.

In the sunlit studio of his Villa La Californie in Cannes, 1959, Pablo Picasso takes an impromptu bullfighting lesson from the matador Luis Miguel Dominguin. With a cigarette in his mouth, Picasso holds a Spanish wicker mask of a bull—originally intended for training—as newspapers spill onto the herringbone floor. Opposite him, the elegantly dressed Dominguin gestures while offering instruction. The scene is framed by large French doors and an easel displaying one of Picasso’s stylized portraits, capturing an intimate moment in the artist's creative space.

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Artworks:

"Femme debout", 1953. Spies:480
"Les demoiselles d'Avignon: buste de femme à la grande oreille (Étude)", 1907. MPParis:17; Zervos.XXVI:18

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

Bullfight, Bullfighters, Masks, Sculptures

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