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Masked as Italian clown, Picasso welcomes Jean Cocteau to the villa
Masked as Italian clown, Picasso welcomes Jean Cocteau to the villa

Masked as Italian clown, Picasso welcomes Jean Cocteau to the villa

Artist David Douglas Duncan (American, 1916 - 2018)
Date1957; printed 2013
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 13 3/4 × 20 7/8 inches (34.93 × 53.02 cm)
Sheet: 20 1/16 × 24 inches (50.96 × 60.96 cm)
Credit LineGift of David Douglas Duncan
Object number2014.11.14
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DescriptionImage of Picasso masked as clown and standing next to Jean Cocteau.
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Picasso, Masked as an Italian Clown, Welcomes Jean Cocteau
Picasso, Masked as an Italian Clown, Welcomes Jean Cocteau
David Douglas Duncan
1958
R58-18/25 A
Kahnwiler, Picasso and Claude dressed as a clown
Kahnwiler, Picasso and Claude dressed as a clown
David Douglas Duncan
1957; printed 2013
2014.11.102
Picasso, Masked as an Italian Clown
Picasso, Masked as an Italian Clown
David Douglas Duncan
1958
R58-18/25 B
Pablo Picasso with a Clown Mask
Pablo Picasso with a Clown Mask
David Douglas Duncan
1957; printed 2013
2014.11.65
Picasso checks on plates after they have been fired, examining each to see how it turned out. Here he holds plate with clown face.
Picasso checks on plates after they have been fired, examining each to see how it turned out. Here he holds plate with clown face.
David Douglas Duncan
1956-1959; printed 2013
2014.11.51
Paulo, Jacqueline, daughter-in-law Christine, art expert John Richardson, poet-playwright Jean Cocteau (with cape), and art historian Douglas Cooper, on sidewalk to Arles bullfight
Paulo, Jacqueline, daughter-in-law Christine, art expert John Richardson, poet-playwright Jean Cocteau (with cape), and art historian Douglas Cooper, on sidewalk to Arles bullfight
David Douglas Duncan
1957; printed 2013
2014.11.56
A smiling Picasso looks over Jacqueline's shoulder as she aims her camera at the photographer, Villa La Californie
A smiling Picasso looks over Jacqueline's shoulder as she aims her camera at the photographer, Villa La Californie
David Douglas Duncan
1957; printed 2013
2014.11.111
Jean Cocteau, Paris
Jean Cocteau, Paris
Irving Penn
1948
2005.27.2867
Jacqueline sits on an empty box in basement of villa, which Picasso converted into engraver's printing plant, while he etches the copper plates of the bullfight series. Picasso works by the window revetment.
Jacqueline sits on an empty box in basement of villa, which Picasso converted into engraver's printing plant, while he etches the copper plates of the bullfight series. Picasso works by the window revetment.
David Douglas Duncan
1956-1959; printed 2013
2014.11.71
An evening scene. Jacqueline and her daughter Kathy, Paloma and Claude Picasso, with Cabra the goat, on the steps of Villa La Californie. Lump and Picasso look on from the back yard of La Californie.
An evening scene. Jacqueline and her daughter Kathy, Paloma and Claude Picasso, with Cabra the goat, on the steps of Villa La Californie. Lump and Picasso look on from the back yard of La Californie.
David Douglas Duncan
1958; printed 2013
2014.11.106
Picasso's home at Villa La Californie was a world apart, an enchanted place where the artist's oldest and newest friends seemed drawn by the same magic that had lured so many others to his bleak studio soon after he arrived in Paris from Barcelona. Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler and Picasso wear masks while New York gallery owner Eleanor Saidenberg looks on
Picasso's home at Villa La Californie was a world apart, an enchanted place where the artist's oldest and newest friends seemed drawn by the same magic that had lured so many others to his bleak studio soon after he arrived in Paris from Barcelona. Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler and Picasso wear masks while New York gallery owner Eleanor Saidenberg looks on
David Douglas Duncan
1957; printed 2013
2014.11.99
Masked Picasso with Beach at Garoupe
Masked Picasso with Beach at Garoupe
David Douglas Duncan
1957; printed 2013
2014.11.89