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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

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

Artist David Douglas Duncan (American, 1916 - 2018)
Date1957; 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 number2014.11.99
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of Picasso and another man wearing a paper mask.
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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
While Jacqueline looks on, David Douglas Duncan's dachshund Lump, inspects the luncheon plate Pablo Picasso has just painted for him
While Jacqueline looks on, David Douglas Duncan's dachshund Lump, inspects the luncheon plate Pablo Picasso has just painted for him
David Douglas Duncan
1958; printed 2013
2014.11.52
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
Jacqueline and Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler
Jacqueline and Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler
David Douglas Duncan
1956-1959; printed 2013
2014.11.58
Kemal Pasha (Ataturk), dictator of Turkey does four things at the same time: holds cup of strong Turkish coffee, cigarette, also glass of brandy and looks at my pictures, Ankara, Turkey
Kemal Pasha (Ataturk), dictator of Turkey does four things at the same time: holds cup of strong Turkish coffee, cigarette, also glass of brandy and looks at my pictures, Ankara, Turkey
Alfred Eisenstaedt
1934
2016.75.66.45
Picasso personally opened every letter, sometimes reading appeals so profound that he and Jacqueline seemed almost crushed, with the writer never knowing the impact of his words
Picasso personally opened every letter, sometimes reading appeals so profound that he and Jacqueline seemed almost crushed, with the writer never knowing the impact of his words
David Douglas Duncan
1957; printed 2013
2014.11.121
Picasso personally opened every letter, sometimes reading appeals so profound that he and Jacqueline seemed almost crushed, with the writer never knowing the impact of his words
Picasso personally opened every letter, sometimes reading appeals so profound that he and Jacqueline seemed almost crushed, with the writer never knowing the impact of his words
David Douglas Duncan
1957; printed 2013
2014.11.122
Picasso and Kahnweiler
Picasso and Kahnweiler
David Douglas Duncan
1956-1959; printed 2013
2014.11.104
Picasso on the beach with Jacqueline and Kahnweiler
Picasso on the beach with Jacqueline and Kahnweiler
David Douglas Duncan
1956-1959; printed 2013
2014.11.98
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
Picasso Wearing cardboard masks which he cut out and colored in a couple of minutes
Picasso Wearing cardboard masks which he cut out and colored in a couple of minutes
David Douglas Duncan
1956-1959; printed 2013
2014.11.110
Claude and Paloma take over La Californie, wearing Picasso's masks, looking at Cooper's Stetson, clowning, boxing with the 75-year-old Maestro. Studio became a gymnasium and theater.
Claude and Paloma take over La Californie, wearing Picasso's masks, looking at Cooper's Stetson, clowning, boxing with the 75-year-old Maestro. Studio became a gymnasium and theater.
David Douglas Duncan
1956-1959; printed 2013
2014.11.101