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Picasso with painting of bullfight drama
Picasso with painting of bullfight drama

Picasso with painting of bullfight drama

Artist David Douglas Duncan (American, 1916 - 2018)
Date1956-1959; printed 2013
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 13 7/8 × 20 7/8 inches (35.24 × 53.02 cm)
Sheet: 20 1/16 × 24 inches (50.96 × 60.96 cm)
Credit LineGift of David Douglas Duncan
Object number2014.11.50
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DescriptionImage of Picasso holding up platter with painted bull.
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Morning after the bullfights in Arles
Morning after the bullfights in Arles
David Douglas Duncan
1956-1959; printed 2013
2014.11.63
Picasso painting aquatint copper plates of the entire pageant of a Spanish bullfight. He made twenty seven in three hours.
Picasso painting aquatint copper plates of the entire pageant of a Spanish bullfight. He made twenty seven in three hours.
David Douglas Duncan
1957; printed 2013
2014.11.64
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
Pablo Picasso painting ceramics in the dining room, Cannes
Pablo Picasso painting ceramics in the dining room, Cannes
David Douglas Duncan
1957; printed 2013
2014.11.40
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
Close-up of Picasso making an aquatint of the bullfight
Close-up of Picasso making an aquatint of the bullfight
David Douglas Duncan
1957; printed 2013
2014.11.62
Picasso examines other, newly painted platters before they go to the kiln--fish and bird designs
Picasso examines other, newly painted platters before they go to the kiln--fish and bird designs
David Douglas Duncan
1956-1959; printed 2013
2014.11.12
Picasso, Jacqueline at his shoulder, sitting immobile during Arles corrida
Picasso, Jacqueline at his shoulder, sitting immobile during Arles corrida
David Douglas Duncan
1956-1959; printed 2013
2014.11.55
Picasso watching corridas, sitting immobile and without visible emotion. There was an invisible bond connecting those flashes of pageantry in the [Arles] arena to the artist's eyes, and heart
Picasso watching corridas, sitting immobile and without visible emotion. There was an invisible bond connecting those flashes of pageantry in the [Arles] arena to the artist's eyes, and heart
David Douglas Duncan
1957; printed 2013
2014.11.54
Picasso makes a platter
Picasso makes a platter
David Douglas Duncan
1957; printed 2013
2014.11.28
Picasso at work on another plate
Picasso at work on another plate
David Douglas Duncan
1956-1959; printed 2013
2014.11.44
Picasso at work on another plate
Picasso at work on another plate
David Douglas Duncan
1956-1959; printed 2013
2014.11.46