Pablo Picasso, Luis Miguel Dominguin and his wife Lucia Bosè. La Californie, Cannes 1959.

In Pablo Picasso’s sun-drenched studio at his villa La Californie in Cannes, bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguin and his wife, actress Lucia Bosè, are captured in conversation in 1959. Holding a painter's palette, Bosè gestures towards Dominguin, who stands in the center. To the right, Picasso observes his guests, his hands clasped before him. Strong light streams in, casting dramatic shadows across the grand room, where ornate architecture is juxtaposed with the creative clutter of easels, canvases, and sculptures.

Artworks:

From left left: Forehead mask, Stepan 40
Partly hidden "Femme se tenant les genoux" (inachevé) (Jacqueline), 1954. Richardson.2010:203
Partly hidden "Homme, femme et enfant", 1906. , Zervos.IIb:587
Partly hidden "Paysage" or "L'arbre", 1907. Zervos.IIb:681; MPParis:21
Balaphone, Baninko, Mali, Stepan:29

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

Bullfighters

Filename:

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