March 8 - August 28 2016

PICASSO.SCULPTURESPRESS KIT

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1. THE MUSÉE NATIONAL PICASSO-PARIS CELEBRATES SCULPTURE p. 3

1. 1 PICASSO. SCULPTURES p. 4

Exhibition p.4

Exhibitioncatalogue p.17

Curators p.17

1.2 CULTURAL PROGRAMME ABOUT THE EXHIBITION p. 17

1.3 MEDIATION ABOUT THE EXHIBITION p. 21

2. THE MUSÉE NATIONAL PICASSO-PARIS p. 28

2.1 EXCEPTIONAL EVENTS OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM p. 28

2.2 THE WORLD'S LARGEST COLLECTION OF PICASSO'S WORK p. 29

2.3 THE HÔTEL SALÉ: A STUNNING SETTING p. 31

3. GETTING YOUR BEARINGS p. 33

3.1 DATES AND KEY FIGURES p. 33

3.2 BIOGRAPHY OF PABLO PICASSO p. 34

4. SPONSORS OF THE EXHIBITION p. 46

Partners p.46

Mediapartners p.46

5. VISUALS AVAILABLE FOR THE PRESS p. 51

Worksexhibited p.51

ViewsoftheMuséenationalPicasso-Paris p.53

6. PRACTICAL INFORMATIONS p. 54

7. PRESS CONTACTS p. 55

31. THE MUSÉE NATIONAL PICASSO-PARIS CELEBRATES SCULPTURE

After a triumphant reopening that attracted one million visitors,

the Musée national Picasso-Paris presents its first major international

exhibition: "Picasso. Sculptures".

Followingthe"PicassoSculpture"retrospectiveattheMuseumofModern

Art(MoMA)inNewYork,organisedinpartnershipwiththeMuséenational

Picasso-Paris(10September2015-7February2016),theaimofthe"Picasso.

Sculptures"exhibition,whichistobeheldattheHôtelSaléfrom8March

to28August2016,istocontemplatetheartist'ssculpturesfromadifferent

anglethe"multiple"throughseriesandvariations,casts,reproductions

andenlargements,producedfromtheoriginalsculptures.Featuringover

240pieces,itisthelargestcollectionofhissculptedworkassembledsince

thePicasso SculpteurexhibitionatthePompidouCentrebackin2000.

Exceptionalcollectionswillbepresented,suchastheseriesofsixVerres

d'absinthe(Glassesofabsinthe;1914),whichwillbeseeninitsentirety

for thefirsttimeinEurope.

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EXHIBITION

GROUND FLOOR

Room 1 : Introduction. "Picasso. Sculptures"Picasso'ssculpturalworkisthedimensionofhiscorpusthatbest

expressesthe"movementofthought"whichtheartistsaidhepreferred

tohis"actualthought".Followingthe"PicassoSculpture"retrospective

atthe MoMAin NewYork,theintentionoftheexhibitionattheMusée

nationalPicasso-Parisistocontemplatethe"multiple"inPicasso'ssculpture:

casts, series,variationsandenlargements.Featuringover240pieces,itisthe

largestcollectionofhissculptedworkassembledsincethePicasso Sculpteur

exhibitionatthePompidouCentrebackin2000.Theexhibitioncomprises

fifteensectionsarrangedovertwofloors,hisworksshowninchronological

order,fromtheveryfirstmodelsheproducedinthe1900sthrough

to the enlargedversionshemadefromsheetmetalduringthesixties.

Pregnant WomanMadeinhisLaFournas

studioinVallauris,Pregnant

Womanis assembledfrom

threeceramicpotsforming

thestomachandchest.

Adjustingcertaindetailslike

theoutlineofthefeet,Picasso

produceda secondversion

of thissculpturebetween1950

and 1959ofwhich two bronze

castsweremadebytheClaude

Valsuanifoundry.Theplaster

mouldappearsinnumerous

photographsof Picasso's

villaLaCalifornieinCannes,

formingacomplicitdialogue

withthepaintings,ceramics

andothersculpturesin the

studio.Outside, the gardenand

the stepsbecametwo backdrops

wherePicassoenjoyedstaging

hissculptures,likeactors

in an open-airtheatre.

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Fem

me e

ncein

te,PabloPicasso,1950-15mars1959,bronze,M

uséenationalPicasso-Paris,

photo©RMN-GrandPalais/M

athieu Rabeau.©

SuccessionPicasso2016.

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Room 2 : First sculpturesIn1902,PicassomodelledhisfirstsculptureentitledSeated Woman,

asmallclayfigureresemblinganativitysceneornament.Severalmodels

followedsuit,amongthemHead

of a Woman (Fernande)in1906:

the delicatelycarvedfeaturesand

classicfaceofFernandeOlivier,

theartist'slover,contrastwith

the deliberatelyunfinishedhair

that hangsdownthesculpture's

thick neck,recallingAuguste

Rodin'snon finito.Head of a Woman

(Fernande),1909,marked

a significantturningpointin Picasso's

sculpturalworkandastepaway

from theRodinesquemodel

followingdevelopmentsinAnalytical

Cubism.In1910,artdealerAmbroise

VollardacquiredfiveoriginalPicasso

sculpturestocastthemin bronze,

includingThe Madmanandthe

Heads of a Woman (Fernande)

from 1906and 1909.Theartist

consentedforthelattertobe

reproducedin1960byartdealerHeinzBerggruenandwerecastfromlost

waxbytheClaudeValsuanifoundry.

Head of a Woman (Fernande)TheoriginalofHeadofaWoman(Fernande),1909,wasacquiredby

art dealerAmbroiseVollardin1910tobecastinbronzefromaplaster

foundry.Picasso'sfirstbronzescirculatedintheartmilieufrom1911

which playedacrucialroleinhissculptedworkbeingaccepted,bothin

Franceand internationally.Thisisevidencedbythepresentationofacast,

ownedby photographerAlfredStieglitz,attheArmoryShowinNewYork

in 1913,aswellasoneproduction,inthepossessionofarthistorianVincenc

Kramár,shownatthethirdexhibitionheldbySkupinaVýtvarnýchUmelcu

(Group of CreativeArtists)inPraguethatsameyear.

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Le Fou,PabloPicasso,1905,bronze,MuséenationalPicasso-Paris,photo ©RMN-GrandPalais/AdrienDidierjean.©SuccessionPicasso2016.

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Room 3 : Primitivism and wooden sculpturesInspring1906,PicassostayedinGósol,amountainvillageinthe

PyrénéesOrientales,withFernandeOlivier.TheinfluenceofCatalan

cultureisnoticeableintheartist'spaintingsandthefirstwoodenpieces

he carvedwithrudimentarytools:theBust of a Woman (Fernande),

with itsup-stretchedneckandtouchesofredandblackpainthere

and there,was inspiredbythepolychromeVirginofGósol(1150-1199,

wood,Museu Nacionald'ArtdeCatalunya,Barcelona).InParis,during

the summerof 1907,theartistsculptednewfiguresfromwoodthat

he partiallycoveredinpaint:HeadandFigure.Thefollowingsummer,

he carvedhismostimportantFigurefromoak:themotifofthecaryatid

isa nodto Greco-Romanart,whileitstotemicstyleandbrutal,angular

forms evoke the shamanistcharacterofAfricansculptures.

Woman Combing her HairInAugust1906,PicassosculptedWoman Combing her Hair,which

hefiredasecondtimeinthekilninthekitchen-cum-studioofBasquesculptor

andpotterPacoDurrio,inMontmartre.Itisthefirstconfirmedceramic

bytheartist.Thebaseofthefigureishollowandtheobjectwas intended

moreasa pieceofhaut-reliefthanasculptureintheround.Severalbronze

copieswereproducedbyartdealerAmbroiseVollard,between1910

and 1939,before the sculpturewasrecastin1968usingthelost-waxprocess

at the ClaudeValsuanifoundry.

Room 4 : Glass of AbsintheForitsqualitiesofopaquenessand

transparency,emptinessandfullness,

the glasswasemployedasafavouritemotif

in Cubism,as shownbythe paintings,

collagesand constructionscreatedby

Picasso between1912and1914.The glassthat

Picassomodelledinwaxinthespringof1914

completedthisensemble.SixcopiesoftheGlass

of Absinthe,eachaccompaniedbyarealmetal

spoon,werecastinbronze,thenpainted,

eachonedifferently,bytheartist,who

occasionallymixedsandintothepaint.

Picassokeptholdof a copywhilethefiveothers

wereacquiredbyartdealerDaniel-Henry

Kahnweiler,whohadthemphotographed

byÉmileDelétangin1914to promote

their circulationintheartisticmilieu.

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Le Verre d'absinthe,PabloPicasso,printemps1914,bronzepeintàl'huile,cuillèreàabsintheenmétalblanc,MuséenationalPicasso-Paris,photo © Digitalimage,TheMuseumofModernArt,New York/Scala,Florence.©SuccessionPicasso2016.

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Room 5 : Monument to ApollinaireIn1921,Picassowascommissionedtoproduceamonumentintribute

to GuillaumeApollinaire,whodiedinNovember1918.Hepresented

anumberofproposals,fromasetofbiomorphicsculpturesentitled

Metamorphosesthroughtoaseriesofsolderedironpieces.Inautumn

1928,theartistcollaboratedwithJulioGonzáleztoproduceatleastfour

modelsentitledFigure,ofwhichthreestillexisttoday.Inthesesculptures

thatembraceemptyspaceandtransparency,Picassoseemstobeechoing

theBirdofBenin,theartist'sdoubleinApollinaire'sshortstoryLe Poète

assassiné(ThePoetAssassinated),witha"profoundstatuemadeoutof

nothing,likepoetryandglory."Thedifferentprojectsondisplayinthisroom

wererejectedbytheApollinaireCommittee.In1959,aportraitofDoraMaar

inbronzewasinauguratedinthegardenofSaint-Germain-des-PrésChurch.

AnexhibitiondedicatedtoGuillaumeApollinaire,Apollinaire, le regard

du poète(Apollinaire, the Poet's Regard)willbeheldattheMusée

de l'OrangerieinParisfrom6Aprilto18July2016.

Room 6 : ConstellationsThegardenhasondisplaytwoenlargementsproducedin1985after

Picasso'sdeathfromoneofthesolderedironpiecesshowninthe

roombefore.Thesesculptureswereinspiredbyaseriesofillustrated

studiescomposedofaconstellationofinterconnectedpoints.Thefigure

is in dialoguewithitsenvironmentandembodiestheideaofadrawing

in space.ThisgraphicalsculptureseemstoechoJeanCocteau'swords

in hisinauguralspeechfortheportraitofDoraMaarservingasamonument

to ApollinaireatSaint-Germain-des-Préswherehepraised"thisinimitable

poetwhohasbecomeaconstellationbecausethedropsofinkthatshook

at thetipofhispenfellontotheblankpageslikestars."

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VESTIBULE

Head of a WomanFortheSpanishpavilionattheInternationalExpositionofArtand

TechnologyinModernLifeheldinParisin1937,PicassopaintedGuernica

andpresentedfivesculptures,includingfourpiecesmadeofcement.

Head of a Woman,createdinBoisgeloupin1932andcastincement

in spring1937,wasshowcasedforthefirsttimetothepublicoutside

the pavilionandreceivedcriticalacclaimbytheFrenchandinternational

presscovering the event.

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te d

e f

em

me,PabloPicasso,1931-1932,ciment,épreuveunique,printemps1937,MuséenationalPicasso-Paris,photo©imageArt,

Claude Germ

ain©SuccessionPicasso2016.

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FIRST FLOOR

Room 7 (salon Jupiter) : Woman in the GardenItwasCatalansculptorJulioGonzález

wholenthistechnicalassistance

to Picassofortheproduction,

in1929,ofWoman in the Garden,

a large-scalesculpturemadeof

solderedironthatwasthelastandmost

ambitiousproposalforthemonument

to Apollinaire.Picassopaintedthis

firstversionwhiteandcommissioned

a bronzereplicathefollowingyear

from González.Bothversionswere

unitedforafirstretrospective

of Picasso'sworkpresentedatGeorges

Petit'sstudioin1932.Thebronze

wasthensenttoParcdeBoisgeloup,

the artist'sestateinEure,where

its locationintheopenairsuggests

that thesculptureisadepiction

of the storyofDaphnetransformed

intoa laureltreetoescapetheromantic

advancesofthegodApollo.

Room 8 (chapelle) : Head of a ManHead of a Manisanironandbrasssculpturemadein1929andinstalled

in ParcdeBoisgeloup.Thesolderinglinesappearasfacialornamentation

andremindusthattheworkwasproducedincollaborationwithJulio

González,anartistwhospecialisedinironsculpture.Photographedseveral

timesbyBrassaï,Head of a Manwasreproducedinfundamentalessayssuch

asPicasso dans son élément(Picassoinhiselement),publishedbyAndré

Bretonin1933inthereviewMinotaure,andinDaniel-HenryKahnweiler's

publication,The Sculptures of Picasso,publishedin1949,thefirstsignificant

studyonhissculpturalwork.

Photographeanonyme,PicassodevantlaversionenferpeinteenblancdeL

a F

em

me a

u ja

rdin

lorsde l'exposition«Picasso»àlaGalerieGeorgesPetit,Paris1932.M

uséenationalPicasso-Paris,

Archives privéesdePabloPicasso,DonSuccessionPicasso,1992©SuccessionPicasso2016.

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Room 9 : The Boisgeloup studioInJune1930,PicassopurchasedChâteau

de Boisgeloup,nearGisorsinNormandy.

Hesetuphissculpturestudioinone

of the garageoutbuildingsandundertook

anintenseperiodofmakingplaster

models,fromwhichemergedaseries

of femalefigures,recliningorstanding,

andheadsand bustsofwomen,inspired

byMarie-ThérèseWalter,theartist's

latestmuse.In 1933,Picassocreated

severalsculptures:Head of a Warrior

andWoman with Foliage,createdfrom

combiningcompositematerials,casting

objectsand moulding.Formanyyears

onlyknownthroughthephotographs

by Brassaï,someplastermodels,suchasBust of a Woman,werecast

in cementfortheInternationalExpositionof1937,beforebeingcast

in bronzeduringtheearly1940s.

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em

me a

u f

eu

illag

e,PabloPicasso,1934,plâtreoriginal

vernissé,CollectionParticulière.C

ourtesyFundaciónAlmine

yBernardRuiz-PicassoparaelArte© FABA,photo :Eric

Baudouin© SuccessionPicasso2016.

Buste de Femme,PabloPicasso,1931,ciment,épreuveunique,printemps1937,MuséenationalPicasso-Paris,photo©RMN-GrandPalais/Adrien Didierjean.©SuccessionPicasso2016.

Buste de Femme,PabloPicasso,1931,bronze,MuséenationalPicasso-Paris,photo©RMN-GrandPalais/Mathieu Rabeau.©SuccessionPicasso2016.

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The Picasso "museum"Inautumn1943,Brassaïtookupanewcampaignofphotographing

Picasso's sculpturedathisGrands-AugustinsstudioinParis.Themore

sensitiveworkstoshootincludedthatofadisplaycabinetthatPicasso

consideredhisownpersonal"museum".Averitablecabinetofcuriosities,

thedisplaycontainedsmallpieces:woodenobjectscarvedatBoisgeloup

duringthe summerof 1930;plastermodels;incisedstones,aGlass of

Absinthe,plus otherobjectscollectedbytheartist(twomouldsoftheVenus

of Lespugue,glassesmeltedbytheeruptionofMountPeléeinMartinique

in 1902andtheskeletonofabat).

Room 10 : Picasso and the Claude Valsuani foundryIn1947PicassomovedtoVallauriswherehecreated"encyclopaedic"

sculpturescombinedfromtheassemblyofmaterialsandsecond-

handobjectscastinplaster.The Monkey and her BabyandLittle Girl

Jumping Ropearetworemarkableexamplesofthisadditiveprocess:

themonkey'smouthisformedoftwotoycarsanditsbodyisceramic,

whilethe littlegirl isassembledfromawickerbasketandacaketin

as hertorsoand head respectively.Castingtheseunusualassemblages

in bronzewas a technicalfeatthatPicassoentrustedtoClaudeValsuani

who succeededinmouldingtheplasterfromonesinglecastwithout

the needforindividualcomponents.CitingHead of a Bull,assembled

from a bicyclesaddleand handlebars,PicassotoldBrassaïofhisadmiration

ofbronzeworkwhich "cangivethe mostdiverseobjectssuchunitythat

it's sometimesdifficulttoidentifytheconstituentparts."

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La g

ue

no

n e

t so

n p

eti

t,PabloPicasso,octobre1951,original

en plâtre,céramique,deuxpetitesautosetmétal,Muséenational

Picasso-Paris,photo©RMN-G

randPalais/M

athieuRabeau.

© SuccessionPicasso2016.

Peti

te fi

lle s

au

tan

t à la

co

rde,PabloPicasso,1950,originalenplâtre,

morceauxdecéramique,panierd'osier,mouleà gâteau,chaussures,

boisetfer,MuséenationalPicasso-Paris,photo © RMN-Grand Palais/

AdrienDidierjean.©

SuccessionPicasso2016.

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PebblesAttractedbytheirnaturalshapeandbeauty,Picassolikedtocollect

pebblesonthebeach,inparticularGolfe-JuanontheMediterranean,

then,usingachisel,hewouldscoremotifsbefittingthescaleandsize

of theobject.HeshowedthesesmallsculpturalobjectstoBrassaï

duringhisvisitto the Grands-Augustinsstudioon26November1946

for him to photograph.Thesepebblesjoinedthepantheonofhissculptures

in Kahnweiler'sbook,The Sculptures of Picasso,publishedin1949.

Room 11 : "Colouring the sculpture"Inthe1950s,Picassoresumedproducingpaintedbronzepieces

that he debutedin1914withhisseriesofGlasses of Absinthe.Thebronze

reproductionofhissculptureswasbroughttobearbyPicassohimself,which

gavehimtheopportunityto"excavate"asubject.Whileinbothversions

of Goat's Skull, Bottle and Candlethepainteddecorationshiftsthebalance

betweenshadowandlight,thebronzecastsofThe CraneandWoman

Readingareexamplesofwheretheartistsoughttoenliventhesculpture

withcolour,togiveitapictorialdimension.ForPicasso,whoweknowpaid

closeattentiontothecolourofpatinas,theideaofpaintinghissculptures

becamearecurringtheme.

TheHead of a WomaninceramicpresentedinthisroomgavePicasso

the chancetopaintinthreedimensions,aprocessheexperimentedwith

onseveraloccasionsusingterracottaasshowninroom2.7atthemuseum,

devotedtoceramicsasanartofthemultiple.

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La L

ise

use,PabloPicasso,1951-1953,bronzepeint,m

ai1952,Paris,Centre

Pompidou-M

uséenationald'artm

oderne-Centredecréationindustrielle,

photo©CentrePompidou,MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-G

rand Palais/Droits

réservés.© SuccessionPicasso2016.

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Room 12 : The BathersComposedofsixinseparablefigures,thegroupThe Bathersfeatured

in a seriesofillustrationsfromSeptember1956whichgavethekeys

to the miseenscèneofhisseasidepieces:The DiverandThe Man

with Folded Handsareonajetty,The Woman with Outstretched Arms

and The Young Manonadivingboard,andtheMan FountainandChild

in water.Thisarrangementoverdifferentlevelsispresentedforthefirst

timein this room.Thegroupdisplayedhereisoneoftwobronzecasts

producedby the ClaudeValsuanifoundryfromoriginalsculpturesmade

of wood:these twobronzegroupswerewidelycirculatedaroundtheUS

and Europefrom1959onwards.Thesculpturesrevealtheparticularfeatures

ofthematerialsandobjectsfoundandtransformedintotheresultingpieces:

bed posts,broomsticks,tabletopsandbitsofspade.

Room 13 : Folded sheet metal and painted sculpturesIntroducedwiththegroupThe Bathers,flatsculpturemarkedanewshift

characterisedbyworksmadeoffoldedsheetmetalthatisthenpainted,

a styleatthejunctureofdrawing,paintingandsculpture.AsPicassohimself

describedit:"First,IbeginwithsheetsofpaperthatIfoldover,foldup,

cut,andfoldagain,andoncedoneusingpaper,whichisfragileandloses

shapewiththeslightesttouch,Ithenmakeitmoresolidlyoutofmetal[...].

Basically,it'salaboratory,laboratorysubjects[...]."Byfoldingandvarying

thepainteddecoration,howthesculptureisperceivedchangesasour

viewpointandourperspectivemove.Thearrangementdevisedforthisroom

wasinspiredbytheexhibitiondesignoftheshowHomage to Pablo Picasso

atthePetitPalaisin1966whichfeaturedsomeworksbytheartistnot

knowntothepublic,presentedonturntables.

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Room 14 : "Drawing with chisels"MeetingLionelPrejger,artdealer,andJoseph-MariusTiola,master

blacksmith,sometimeinthe1960sprovidedthemotivationforafinal

remarkableensembleofsculpturesthatdrovePicassofromcutandfolded

papertoenlargementsinsheetmetal.Returningtoadécoupetechnique

alreadyexploredbytheartistduringhisCubistperiod,Picassobenefited

fromTiola'sextraordinaryskill,whichallowedhimtotransposehispaper

modelsintoferroussheetmetal,firsttoscaleandthenenlargedandpainted.

Hissculpturesevolvedalongwiththedécoupages:madeoutof sheet

metal,intwocopies,hisWoman with Child,formerlyWoman with Tray

and Bowl,becameamaternitypiece.Madeofsheetmetalinthreeversions,

Woman with Hatisthetranspositionofapaintingfrom27January1961,

the differentelementscutoutandsolderedandPicassoapplyingavariety

of colourfuldecoration.

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au,PabloPicasso,1961,tôledécoupée,pliéeetpeinte,1961-1963,FondationBeyeler,Riehen/Basel,

BeyelerCollection,photo:©PeterSchibli,Basel©SuccessionPicasso2016.

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Room 15 : Woman with Outstretched ArmsPicasso'sfinalplasticartworkturnedtheartist'sdreamintoareality:

that his sculpturewouldreachmonumentalproportionsandbedisplayed

inapublicspace.Thisprojectemergedin1927whenPicassowasbusy

devisinghisMetamorphoses,forwhichhefilledasketchpaddepicting

a collectionofmonumentalbatherspopulatingLaCroisetteinCannes.

The monumentaldimensioncameaboutfollowinghismeetingwith

CarlNesjar,aNorwegiansculptorandpainterwhointroducedtheartist

to the techniqueofconcreteengraving,wherebysandblastingthesurface

producestheoutlineoftheoriginalsculptureontheenlargedversion.

Woman with Outstretched Armsisanexampleofapiecethathighlights

thisshiftfromprivatespheretopublicspace:thefoldedcardboardmodel

wastransposedtoscalethenenlargedinsheetmetalbeforeachieving

monumentalstatusinitsengravedconcreteversion.

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ux b

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s,PabloPicasso,1961,tôledécoupée,pliéeetgrillagepeints,photo©RMN-G

randPalais/

MathieuRabeau©SuccessionPicasso2016.

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EXHIBITION CATALOGUEAttheheartofthisrichlyillustratedpublication,adetailedchronology

of Picasso'ssculpturessupplementedbyessayswillinviteviewers

to followtheimpressivecirculationofsculpturesduringPicasso'slifetime

throughtheirreproduction,exhibitionanddisseminationthrough

photographs,art journalsandthemedia.

Picasso. SculpturesCatalogueunderthedirectionofCécileGodefroyandVirginiePerdrisot

Format:21x26,5cm

Language:French

Pages:352

270colourillustrations

Hardback

Co-publicationMuséenationalPicasso-Paris/Somogy/Bozar

Price:45

CURATORS

Curator: VirginiePerdrisot

Associate Curator: CécileGodefroy

Scenographer: JasminOezcebiassistéedeCharlineBilesimo

Project manager: AudreyGonzalezavecSarahLagrevoletMatthieuVahanian

Lighting design: JuliaKravtsova,VyaraStefanova

Graphic design: BaldingerVu-Huu

Assembly/Installation: VidalGarrido,LaConserve(HughesTerrien),Aurélien Collas,GauthierMarion

Restoration: AntoineAmarger,CharlotteBlachon,Anne Courcelle,StéphanieDoucet,MarieDumas,MartaGarcia-Darowska,Maylis de Gorostarzu,EmmanuelleHincelin,ManonJoubert,Laurence Labbe,EmilieLormee,Jérôme Monnier,StéphanieNisole,Anne Portal,Elsa Vigouroux

Pedestal makers: Ainu(StéphanePennec),Louis-AlbindeChavagnac

Intern: EvaPion

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SYMPOSIUM "PICASSO. SCULPTURES" 24-26 MARCH 2016

UnderthescientificdirectionofVirginie Perdrisot,

Curator inchargeofsculpturesandCuratorofthe"Picasso.

Sculptures"exhibitionattheMuséenationalPicasso-Paris,

and Cécile Godefroy,arthistorianandassociatecurator.

Inassociationwiththe"Picasso.Sculptures"exhibition,

this internationalsymposiumwillexaminePicasso'ssources

andinfluencesforthisartform,theissueofthe"multiple"

andfinally,receptionofhissculpturalwork.

Overthreedays,lectures,roundtablesandconversations

withcontemporaryartistswillhelptoexplorethecreative

processesatworkinPicasso'ssculptures.

24 mach 2016:

CentrePompidou

25 march 2016:

Bibliothèquenationale

de France

26 march 2016:

Muséenational

Picasso-Paris

Free entry subject

to availability

The symposium

programme and required

online booking can be

found on the website

www.museepicassoparis.fr

For all information

on the symposium

and proceedings,

you can contact:

julie.delclaux@

museepicassoparis.fr.

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PERFORMANCE "UN JOUR - UNE NUIT" (SLEEP WALKING) 24 AND 25 MARCH 2016 (24 HOURS)

Performance by  Jean-Christophe NormanJean-ChristopheNormanwillwalknon-stopforone

dayandonenightinthePicassomuseumon24and25

March2016.AfterperformingthisactinTokyo,NewYork

andIstanbul,theartistissettorepeatitattheHôtel

Saléthis time.The performancetouchesonsculpture,

drawings and narrative.

SPECIAL LATE-NIGHT OPENING (OPEN UNTIL 11 PM) FRIDAY 30 MARCH 2016

Free admission, subject to available places, on presentation of a valid ticket to the museum. Online booking recommended.

6:30 pm: Conference with the curators of the exhibition "Picasso. Sculptures"Theconferencewillexaminethenotionofreproducibility

inPicasso'ssculpturalworkusingaselectionofsculptures,

suchastheplastercastsandbronzecastsofTête de

Femme(Headofawoman;Fernande,1909),theseries

of six Verres d'absinthe(Glassesofabsinthe;1914)brought

togetherexclusivelyforthisexhibitionthecementcasts

fromthe InternationalExhibitionofArtandTechnology

inModernLifeheldin1937,createdfromtheBoisgeloup

plastercasts,andthebronzeBaigneurs(Bathers)from1956.

Itwasthe publicdisplayoftheseitemsandtheir depiction

in theartpress,publicationsandcataloguesveryearly

on thatearnedtheartist'ssculpturestheirinitialinternational

reputation,beforethe"Hommage à Pablo Picasso"

retrospectivein 1966-1967atthePetitPalais.

Speakers:

Virginie Perdrisot,Curatorinchargeofsculptures,

thepersonalcollectionandpaintings(1922-1937),

and exhibitioncurator

Cécile Godefroy,Arthistorianandassociatecurator

26 March : return of the

artist to the symposium

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8 pm: Performance by Stéphanie Fuster produced by Aurélien Bory: Corps noir (black body)InpartnershipwithLeMonfort

Thebodyisopaque.IthidesabodythatIcannotsee.

Notthebodyinthelight,theoneIseeinthemirror,

the bodythatthinks...Rather,theinternalbody,thebody

in the shadows,thebodythatfeels.

Inphysics,ablackbody(corps noirinFrench)isanobject

whoseelectromagneticspectrumisdependentonlyon

its temperature.StéphanieFuster'sCorps noirisaninternal

spectrum,abodywithoutlight.Itonlyappearsasradiant

heat,whichthenincreaseswhenshedances.

IdesignedCorps noirasawayofrevealingthemarkleft

by bodyheat.Enclosedinablackmonolith,Stéphanie

Fusterfreezesherdancing.Herbodyappearsoncontact.

Themarksitleavesdisappearassoonastheybecomecold

again.StéphanieFuster'sbodystepsoutofthedarkness.

Andgetslostinitoncemore.AurélienBory.

8 pm-10:30 pm: Special Nocturne

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APOLLINAIRE MONUMENT DIALOGUE: FRIDAY 07 JUNE 2016

Conference on the Monument to Apollinaire, with Peter Read, Cécile Godefroy and Virginie PerdrisotAfterbeingcommissionedbytheSociétédesAmis

de GuillaumeApollinairetodesignamonumentin homage

tothedeadpoetinMay1921,Picassoproducedseveral

proposalsintheformofmodelsintendedtobetransposed

intoamonument.The"Picasso.Sculptures"exhibition

highlightsthedifferentproposalssubmittedto the committee

bytheartist,includingtheironwiresculpturesproducedin

1928.Assortmentsofstraight,angularandcurvedlinesmade

outofironwiresolderedatspecificpoints,thesesculptures

entitledFigureswerecreatedfromaseriesofsketcheswhere

inaconstellationof interconnectedpoints–thefigure

interactswiththe space.Inthesesculpturesthatembrace

emptyspaceand transparency,like"drawingsin space",

Picassoseemstobeechoingtheaspirationofthe Bird

of Benin,theartist'sdoublein Apollinaire'sshortstory,

Le Poète assassiné(The PoetAssassinated):"Imustsculpt

hima profoundstatueoutof nothing,likepoetryandglory".

A large-scaleversionofoneofthesemodelswasproduced

in1985for the openingoftheMuséePicassoandwillonce

againbevisiblein the museum'sgardenfromtheopening

of the "Picasso.Sculptures"exhibitionon8March2016.

Speakers:

Cécile Godefroy,arthistorianandassociatecurator

of the exhibition"Picasso.Sculptures"

Virginie Perdrisot,Curatorinchargeofsculptures,

the personalcollectionandpaintings(1922-1937),

Curator oftheexhibition"Picasso.Sculptures"

Peter Read,lecturer,UniversityofKent.

Amongst his publications:Picasso and Apollinaire:

The Persistence of Memory,Berkeley,LosAngeles,

London: Universityof CaliforniaPress,2008.

6:30 pm (duration: 1hr)Freeentrysubjecttoavailability.

Onlinebookingrecommended.

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PICASSO AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

Forthe"Picasso.Sculptures"exhibition,theMuséenationalPicasso-Paris

isdevelopingspecialinteractivedevicesforseveralkeysculpturesin

his collection,suchasTête de taureau.Usedinconjunctionwiththe exhibition's

guidedtours,thesetoolswillhelpvisitorsunderstandkeyaspectsof Picasso's

sculptureforexampleassemblageorrepresentationofthefaces

through touch.AfirsteverexperienceattheMuséePicasso.

Tourwithaudiocommentaryfollowedbyatactileexperienceinaworkshop.

Tourswithaudiocommentaryandinteractiveexperiencesforgroups

are50.

Bookingrequired.Visitingarrangementsforgroupsofdisabledvisitors

andbookinginformationcanbefoundonourwebsite:

www.museepicassoparis.fr/groupes-en-situation-de-handicap-2/

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MEDIATION ABOUT THE EXHIBITION PICASSO. SCULPTURES

Facilitiesavailabletodisabledvisitorsareindicatedbythefollowingicons:

FOR ADULTS

Audio guideTheaudio guideallowsyoutoexplorethemuseum'sextensivecollections

at yourownleisure.

AvailableinFrench,EnglishandSpanish

Amultimedia guide in French Sign Languageisalsoavailable.

Magnetic lanyardsavailablefreeofchargeonrequest.

Full price rental:4/Concession price rental:3

(under26,unemployed,socialwelfarerecipients,disabledpeopleand

a companion,members)

Reserve your audio guide online:

www.museepicassoparis.fr/individuels-musee-et-visioguide

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Adult individual tours "Picasso. Sculptures" exhibition tour

ThisexhibitiondevotedtoPicasso'ssculpturestakesyourighttotheheart

oftheartist'screativeprocessandhighlightsthe"multiple"natureof

his sculpturalwork.

Rediscoverthekeypieces,togetherwiththeir"doubles"or"variants",

as wellastheexceptionalcollectionslikethesixversionsofVerre d'absinthe

(Glass ofabsinthe).

Duration:1hr15mins

Tour offered at 3 pm:

everysecondTuesday:

15-03,29-03,

12-04,26-04,

10-05,24-05,

07-06and21-06

everysecondSaturday:

12-03,26-03,

09-04,23-04,

07-05,21-05,

04-06and18-06

Prices quoted are in addition to the museum's entry feeFull price:7/concessions:5

(under26,jobseekers,socialwelfarerecipients,disabledpeople,

members,partnersofthemuseum).

20 participants maximum

Reservation required eitheronlineoratthemuseum,subject

to availability:

www.museepicassoparis.fr/individuels-2/individuels-visites-guidees-

week-end/

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FAMILY TOURS

Guided tour: Operation Masterpieces! in the "Picasso. Sculptures" exhibition Panicatthemuseum!Theexhibitioncuratorneedshelp.Sheishavingtrouble

choosingtheartworkssheneedstofillthe"masterpiecesroom"!

AfterthesuccessofOperationMasterpiecesin"¡Picasso!Anniversary

Exhibition",besuretovisitthisexhibitinthe"Picasso.Sculptures"exhibition.

Takethechallengeasafamilyandtakeadvantageofatourdesigned

for childrenwheretheybecomeapprenticecurators,whiletheadultscan

take theirtimeexploringthemuseum.Thenmeetupattheendofthetour

to talkabouttheartworkstheyhaveselected!

Tour suitable for children aged 6 and above

From9Marchto13Aprilandfrom3Mayto29June:

everyWednesdayat2:30 pm

During the spring holidays:

Tuesday19April,Friday22April,Tuesday26April

andThursday28Aprilat2:30pm

Full price(1adult+1child-entryincluded) :15

Concessions:11

Eachadditionalperson:9

20 participants maximum

Duration:1hr30mins

Reservation requiredeitheronlineoratthemuseum,subject

to availability:

www.museepicassoparis.fr/visites-en-famille

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Tour/workshop: D'un volume à l'autre Thistour/workshopisagreatopportunitytoworkonthetheme

"the experienceofpaper".Amediumandspacethatholdsnever-ending

possibilities,paperwasaworldtobeexploredforPicasso,andastarting

pointfornumerousvisualexperiments.

"D'un volume à l'autre"(fromonedimensiontothenext)invitesyou

and yourfamilytotryoutdifferentwaysofgivingyourdrawingsvolume!

FindoutwhattechniquesPicassousedtogofromtwo-dimensional

to three-dimensional.

Activity designed for youngsters aged 6 and upwards

From12Marchto9April:everySaturdayat3pm

During the spring holidays:

Saturday16April,Wednesday20April,Wednesday27AprilandSaturday

30Aprilat3pm

Family audio guidesFollowtheaudioguide'sfamilycircuit:afunwayofexploringPicasso'swork

together,stimulatingthecuriosityofgrown-upsandkidsalike,andsharing

yourimpressionsofthevisit!

Sothatthewholefamilycanenjoyandmakethemostoftheirvisit,consider

bookingoneaudioguideperperson.

Full price(1adult+1child-entryincluded):20

Concessions:15

Each additional person:11

20 participants maximum

Duration:2hrs

Reservation requiredeitheronlineoratthemuseum,subjectto

availability:www.museepicassoparis.fr/familles/visites-ateliers-en-famille

Full price rental:4/Concession price rental:3

(under26,unemployed,socialwelfarerecipients,disabledpeople

and a companion,members)

Reserve your audio guide online:

www.museepicassoparis.fr/individuels-musee-et-visioguide

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EDUCATION

School groupsDuringthe"Picasso.Sculptures"exhibition,theMuséenationalPicasso-Paris

willbemaintainingitsspecialvisitingarrangementsforschoolgroups:

TuesdaystoFridays(outsidezoneCFrenchschoolholidays),atadedicated

timeslotbeforethemuseumopenstothegeneralpublic(9.30amto

11.30 am).Entryandallactivitiesarefreeofcharge.

Yo Picasso A partnership with Pablo Picasso de Montfermeil (93) secondary schoolAninstitution'snameplaysacrucialroleinthedevelopmentofindividual

identitiesinitsstudents.Forthisreason,themuseumwantedtoapproach

aschoolbearingthenameofPabloPicasso.Thissharednamebrings

audiencesandremoteareascloser,bothgeographicallyandinstitutionally.

A9thyearclassfrom Pablo Picasso de Montfermeilsecondaryschoolhas

thusbeeninvitedtoworkonthecentralissueofmediationatthemuseum

forawholeyear.Betweenclassroomteachingandmuseumvisits,students

graduallylearnaboutPicasso'sartandtheconceptofmediation,before

trying"audiencemediation"themselvesinthe"Picasso.Sculptures"

exhibition,inJune2016.

You can find this offer, visiting arrangements and booking information

on the museum's website:

www.museepicassoparis.fr/education

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INTRODUCTORY VISIT FOR CULTURAL REPRESENTATIVES

Aspartofthe"MuseumforAll"initiative,professionalsandvolunteersare

invitedtoattendapresentationofthecollectionsandresourcesthemuseum

hastooffer,followedbyatouranddiscussionofthe"Picasso.Sculptures"

exhibition.Theintroductoryvisitprovidesyouwitheverythingyouwillneed

togetreadyforyourvisitandextendyourexperienceofthecollections.

Next introductory visits:

Thursday10March2016,10:30am-12:30pm

Thursday12May2016,10:30am-12:30pm

Free entryforprofessionalsandvolunteersinthethirdsectorand

for culturalrepresentativesofthemuseum.

20 participants maximum

Registration required via email:

accessibilite@museepicassoparis.fr

For more informationonthe"MuseumforAll"initiative,

pleasevisitour website:

www.museepicassoparis.fr/le-dispositif-musee-pour-tous

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2.1 EXCEPTIONAL EVENTS OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM

Following on from Picasso. Sculptures"Picasso. Sculptures" at the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels (Bozar)

from 26 October 2016 to 5 March 2017

The"Picasso.Sculptures"exhibition,designedbytheMuséenational

Picasso-ParisfortheCentreforFineArtsinBrussels(Bozar),will

bringtogetheraroundsixtysculpturesbyPabloPicasso,juxtaposed

with paintings,ceramicsandpiecesfromtheartist'spersonalcollection.

Theexhibitionwillbealogicalprogressionfrom"PicassoSculpture"

retrospectiveorganisedbytheMuseumofModernArtinNewYork,

in partnershipwiththeMuséenationalPicasso-Paris(14September2015-

7 February2016),andthe"Picasso.Sculptures"exhibitionpresented

by the MuséenationalPicasso-ParisattheHôtelSaléinParis(8March

to28August2016).TheBrusselsexhibitionmainlycomposedofworks

fromtheMuséenationalPicasso-Paris,includingseveralofthecollection's

masterpieceswillbestructuredchronologicallyandthematically,

providing acomprehensiveoverviewofPicasso'ssculpturalwork.

And also : « Damien Deroubaix. Picasso et moi » (Damien Deroubaix. Picasso and me)

atMudamLuxembourg-Muséed'ArtModerneGrand-DucJean:

20 February/29May2016,withthespecialsupportoftheMuséenational

Picasso-Paris

« Au rendez-vous des poètes. Apollinaire et la naissance de l'art moderne »

(In the company of poets. Apollinaire and the birth of modern art)

attheMuséedel'Orangerie:5April/18July2016,withthespecialsupport

oftheMuséenationalPicasso-Paris

« Un génie sans piédestal, Picasso et les arts et traditions populaires »

(A genius without a pedestal, Picasso and popular arts and traditions)

attheMuCEM:26April/29August2016,withthespecialsupport

of the MuséenationalPicasso-Paris

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2.2 THE WORLD'S LARGEST COLLECTION OF PICASSO'S WORK

Foritsqualityandscopeaswellastherangeofartformsitencompasses,

thecollectionattheMuséenationalPicasso-Parisistheonlyonein

the worldtopresentbothPicasso'scompletepainted,sculpted,engraved

andillustrated–uvreandapreciserecord–throughsketches,studies,

drafts, notebooks,etchingsinvariousstages,photographs,illustratedbooks,

films anddocumentsoftheartist'screativeprocess.

TheMuséeNationalPicasso-Pariscollectionwascreatedfromtwodonations

madetotheStatethroughAcceptanceinLieu,byPabloPicasso'sheirs

in 1979andlaterJacquelinePicasso'sheirsin1990.

It has been expanded over the years through further outstanding acquisitions: Picasso's private collection(Iberianstatues,AfricanandOceanic

masks,paintingsbyLeNain,Corot,Vuillard,Cézanne,Gauguin,Matisse,

Le DouanierRousseau,Renoir,Braque,ModiglianiandMiro,anddrawings

byDegas,ChiricoandGiacometti)donatedtotheStatebyhisheirs

in accordancewiththeartist'swishes.Initially,itcomprisedsome50works

byoldandcontemporarymasters,whichenteredthecollectionthanks

toadonationmadein1973andfinalisedin1978,withaviewtosetting

upthemuseum.ThecollectionwasenhancedthroughthePabloPicasso

acceptanceinlieuin1979.

Picasso's personal archivesweredonatedbyhisheirsin1978tobe

pre-classifiedbeforeenteringthenationalcollectionsthroughaGift

by Handin 1992(about200,000pieces).

From1980,with a view to opening the museum,Picasso'sfamily

and friendsdonated works they owned or inherited fromtheartist.

The museum has regularly led an acquisition-by-purchase policy

since itscreationin1985.Ithelpedaddoverathousandmoreartworks

to the nationalcollections.

ThisoutstandingcollectionhasconferredontheMuséeNationalPicasso-

ParisacriticalroleinternationallyinpresentingPicasso'sworkandfurthering

researchintohislifeandworkandmodernartingeneral.

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An inestimable archive collectionSomeyearsafterhisdeath,Picasso'sheirsdecidedtogivetheFrenchState

hispersonalarchives,manuscripts,printsandphotographsinorderto

facilitatethestudyofhisworkswhileensuringtheintegrityofanensemble

thattheartisthadputtogetherandconservedthroughouthislife.Combined

withtheworksthatenteredthenationalcollectionsinlieuofpaymentin

1979,theseobjectsanddocumentsformthefoundationsofoneofthemost

remarkableensemblesonPicassoeverassembled.

ThisarchivecollectionwasgiventorepresentativesoftheMinistry

ofCultureandCommunicationphysicallyin1980andthenlegallyin1991,

via agiftbyhand.Scientificresponsibilityforthecollectionhasbeen

sharedjointly,rightfromthestart,byrepresentativesoftheMuséenational

Picasso-ParisandtheNationalArchives.ItwasassignedtotheMusée

nationalPicasso-ParisbyanorderofFebruary1992requiringittotake

chargeofthe finalclassification,inventory,managementandscientific

conservationwithinthe frameworkoflegislationonarchives.

In1981,photographswereseparatedfromtherestofthecollection

to undergospecifictreatment;therestofthearchiveswerethesubject

of a vastinventoryandclassificationprogrammelastinguntil2002.

Aftersettingupanine-partclassificationplan,basedonclassification

modelsusedforarchives,an"integratedinventorysummary"conducted

jointlybytheArchivesNationalesandtheMuséenationalPicasso-Pariswas

putonlinein2003.Thisisafineexampleofcooperationinthetreatment

of anartist'scollection.ThePicassocollectionisinventoriedattheArchives

Nationales,intheprivatearchivessection(515AP),butalsobearsanumber

registeredinthemuseum'sinventory(MP1992-36).

Thecollectionisestimatedtocontainalmost17,000photographs

and 200,000archives,allothermediatakentogether,butthesystematic

inventoryofindividualdocumentshasnotyetbeencompleted.

The systematicinventoryofphotographsisbeingcompletedbut

the systematicinventoryofotherpieceswasstartedin2014andwesee

the initialresultsofthisintheexhibition¡Picasso!whichshowsseveral

hundredarchivesfromthePicassocollection.

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2.3 THE HÔTEL SALÉ: A STUNNING SETTING

TheHôtelwasbuiltbetween1656and1660bythearchitectJeanBoullier

for PierreAubert,LordofFontenay,asalttaxcollector,whichledto

the buildingbeingcalledthe"HôtelSalé"(salémeaningsaltyinFrench)

and itstillbearsthisname.Itwasoneofthemostemblematicprivate

residencesbuiltin the lateseventeenthcenturyinRuedeThorigny,

in the Maraisdistrict.It is oneof therarecompletebuildingsillustrating

the Mazarinarchitectureof thetime.

In1964and1966,aftertheCityofParisbecameownerofmostoftheblock

containingtheHôtelAubertdeFontenay,thelatter,whichwasmarked

by a successionofoccupantsandratherdilapidated,waslistedasaHistoric

Monumentin1968(orderof29October1968)andrenovatedbetween

1974 and1985.

MichelGuy,FrenchSecretaryofStateforCulture,decidedtohousePicasso's

collectionofworksintheHôtelAubertdeFontenay.Indeed,aprestigious

andoriginalplaceofcharacterwasneededtopresenttheremarkable

collectiontothepublic.Itcontainedalmost5,000oftheartist'sworksfrom

the1979acceptanceinlieuandwascompletedbyotherdonations.

In1981,theStategranteda99-yearleasetotheCityofParis.Itwasagreed

thattheStatewouldcarryoutlarge-scalerenovationwork,ensurethe

maintenanceofthebuildingandtakechargeofrunningthefuturemuseum.

TheMuséePicassowasinauguratedinOctober1985bytheFrenchPresident

oftheRepublic,FrançoisMitterrand.

Between1979and1985,thebuildingwasrenovated,restructured

and refittedtoallowRolandSimounettoinstallthecollectionsforthefuture

museum.Heredesignedlargewhiteroomswhichwereintegratedintothe

successionofhistoricrooms.Thesemodernboxes,surroundedbyaseries

ofconcavecornicesthatprovidedlightwereinlinewiththeLeCorbusier

tradition.ThesculptorDiegoGiacomettiwasaskedtocreatethefurniture

andthe burnishedbronzeorwhiteresinlightfittings.

Between2009and2014,theHôtelSaléwasrenovated,modernised,

restoredandextended.Theworks,conductedbyarchitectJean-François

Bodin,tripledthesurfaceareaoftheexhibitionspaceandpublicreception

spaceandensuredcompliancewithnewsafety,securityandaccessibility

regulations.Bodincarefullyrestoredandbroughtuptostandardthe

extensivefittingsofRolandSimounetwhilerespectingthespiritandform

of hisoriginalproject.

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Hisworkhasreconciledthedifferentlanguagesthatformtherichheritage

of≈theinitialarchitectureofMuséenationalPicasso-Paris,whileenhancingthespaceswherethecollectionispresented.ThelistedsectionofHôtel

Saléhasalsoundergoneextensiverestoration,particularlyallthedecorative

elementsandsculpturesofthecentralstaircaseunderthesupervision

of StéphaneThouin,ChiefArchitectforHistoricMonuments.

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HISTORY1973 Theartist'sheirsdonated

to theStatePicasso'sprivate

collectionofworksbyoldand

contemporarymasters.

1979 DonationtotheStatethrough

AcceptanceinLieubytheartist's

heirs(5,000works)whichformed

theMuséenationalPicasso-Paris

collection.

1985 OpeningoftheMuséeNational

PicassoattheHôtelSaléParis.

1990 DonationtotheStatethrough

acceptanceinlieubyJacqueline

Picasso'sheirs.

1992 DonationtotheState

ofPicasso'sArchives(over

200,000 items)bytheartist'sheirs

October 2011 Worktorenovate

the HôtelSaléstarts,contracted

outtoJean-FrançoisBodin,

thearchitectoftheproject,

withStéphaneThouin(ACMH)

supervisingthelistedsection.

25 October 2014 TheMusée

nationalPicasso-Parisopens

to the public.

2015 TheMuséenationalPicasso-

Pariscelebratesits30anniversary.

THE COLLECTION4,755ofPicasso'sartworks

altogether,including4,090 graphic

artworks,297paintings,

368 sculptures.

Picasso'sprivatecollection

incorporates46paintings,

20 sculpturesand64graphic

artworks.

Over200,000archive

documents.

Themuseumlibrary:

11,000booksandover

8,000documentaryfiles.

THE SPACES3,700 sq. metres:area

ofexhibitionspacespreadout

over 37rooms

700 visitors daily:currentvisitor

numbers

Anauditoriumwith95seats

Aworkshopofapproximately

120 sq. metres

Abookshopandshopinside

the museumandashopopposite

themuseum

Acafé:LeCafé sur le Toit.

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1880-1891: MALAGAFriday 25 October 1881

PabloborntoJoséRuiz

Blasco(1838-1913)andMaria

PicassoyLopez(1855-1939).

JoséRuizBlascotaught

drawingatthe MalagaSchool

ofFineArtsandwascurator

atthe municipalmuseum.

Picasso waslaterjoined

by two sisters:Dolorès,

nicknamedLola(1884-1958),

andConceptiónorConchita

(1887-1895).

1888-1889

Encouragedbyhisfather,

Pablo beganpainting.

1891-1895: LA CORUÑA1891

DonJoséacceptedateaching

postattheGuardaInstitute

in LaCoruña.

1892-1895

PicassostudiedattheFine

ArtsSchoolinLaCoruña

and producedillustrations

and caricaturesathome.

Producedhisfirstoilpaintings.

Friday 10 January 1895

DeathofhissisterConchita

fromdiphtheria.

InMarch,DonJosé

was appointedprofessor

at the BarcelonaSchool

of Fine Arts(LaLonja).

Pablo's firstvisittothePrado

museum,Madrid.

1895-1904: BARCELONA/PARIS/MADRID

1896-1897

PablostudiedatLaLonja

in Barcelona.

Picassoproducedhis

first"grandesmachines",

First Communion

(Barcelona, Museu Picasso)

and Science and Charity

(Barcelona,Museu Picasso),

winningthe GoldMedal

at the GeneralFineArts

Exhibitionin Malaga.

Picasso enrolledat

the San FernandoRoyal

Academyof FineArtsin Madrid.

1898

VisitedthevillageofHorta

de Ebro(todayknownasHorta

deSanJuan)forthefirsttime.

Landscapestudies.

1899

Hebeganfrequenting

Els Quatre Gats,acafé

in Barcelona.

1900

FirststayinParis,with

Casagemas.

1901

17February1901:Casagemas

committedsuicideatacafé

in Paris.

InMadrid,Picassofounded

themagazineArte Jovenwith

theCatalanwriterFrancisco

de Asis Soler.

FirstexhibitioninParis

at the GaleriesVollard.

StartofBluePeriod.

BertheWeillexhibited

Picasso's firstblue

canvases alongsideworks

by HenriMatisse.

1902

Producedhisfirstclay

sculpture,Woman Seated

(MP230),andaseries

oferoticdrawings.

BertheWeillheldasecond

exhibitionofhiswork.

1904-1907: TOWARDS THE YOUNG LADIES OF AVIGNON1904

MovedtotheBateau-Lavoir

studio,inMontmartre.

Met AndréSalmonand

GuillaumeApollinaire;

became a frequentvisitor

to the Au lapin agile café

andtheCircusMedrano.

Met FernandeOlivier,who

modelledforhimbefore

becominghispartner

for the nextsevenyears.

Late1904,Picasso

graduallymovedinto

hisRoseperiod.

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1905

MetLeoandthenGertrude

Steinandpaintedherportrait.

1906

DiscoveredIberiansculpture

at theLouvre.

1907

AcquiredtwoIberianstone

headsculpturesfromGéry

Pieret,Apollinaire'ssecretary.

TheylearnedinAugust1911

that theyhadbeenstolen

from theLouvre.

IntroducedtoGeorgesBraque

byApollinaire.

VisitedtheTrocadéroMuseum

ofEthnography,inParis,and

finishedThe Young Ladies

of Avignon(originallyentitled

The Brothel of Avignon

inspired byAndréSalmon).

1908-1915: THE CUBISM ADVENTURE

1908

Paintedlandscapesandfigures

composedofabstractand

simplifiedforms.

Throughwinter,heandBraque

engagedinadailypictorial

dialogue.

1909

SpentsummerinHorta

de Ebro.ReturnedtoParisand

movedtoBoulevardClichy.

1910

PicassodevelopedtheAnalytic

Cubismstyle(1910-1912).

Kahnweilerwasappointed

Picasso'sofficialartdealer.

ExhibitionattheGalerieVollard,

thenPicassorefusedtoshow

hisworkinParisuntil 1916.

1911

Picassoexhibitionatthe

291 GalleryinNewYork.

1912

Startedtointroducestencilled

letteringintohispaintings,

and producedhisfirst

collageStill Life with Chair

Caning(MP36),andhisfirst

construction,acardboard

guitar(NewYork,TheMuseum

ofModernArt).Picassobegan

introducingnewspapers

and otherpapercut-outsinto

hispaintings.

Transferredhisstudio

to BoulevardRaspail,Paris.

1913

Tookpartinthe"International

ExhibitionofModern

Art"at the Armory

ShowinNewYork.

Developedthe"Synthetic"

style ofCubism.

3May:Picasso'sfatherdied

1914

Adoptedapointillisttechnique

inhis"rococo"cubistworks

whichexactlyreproduced

"patterns"madefrompainted

papercut-outsandoff-cuts

of wallpaper.

2August:Germanydeclared

waronFrance.Braque

and Derainwereconscripted.

Apollinaireenlisted.

1915-1924: THE WAR AND AFTER, BALLETS RUSSES AND CLASSICISM

1915

MaxJacobbaptisedwith

Picassoashisgodfather.

ClassicportraitsofAmbroise

VollardandJacquesDoucet

(MP771).

1916

17March:Apollinaire

injuredandhadtoundergo

trepanation.Picassointroduced

byCocteautoSergeDiaghilev,

directoroftheBalletsRusses.

MovedtoMontrouge.

1917

AccompaniedDiaghilev

and the BalletsRussesto Italy.

MettheRussianballerina

Olga Kokhlova.

InMay,theballetParade

(librettobyJeanCocteau;music

byErikSatie;choreographyby

LéonideMassine;stagecurtain,

sets andcostumesbyPicasso;

3.2 BIOGRAPHY OF PABLO PICASSO

36

programmebyGuillaume

Apollinaire)haditspremiere

at theThéâtreduChâtelet,Paris.

Picassoillustratedthe

programmeforApollinaire's

The Breasts of Tiresias,

a Surrealistplayoftwoacts

and aprologue.

Picassopaintedinapointillist

style.

1918

Matisse-Picassoexhibition

at theGaleriePaulGuillaume.

12July:PicassomarriedOlga

KokhlovaattheRussianchurch

onRueDaru.

PaulRosenbergbecame

Picasso'sartdealer.

9November:Death

of GuillaumeApollinaire.

Picassomovedto23rue

La Boétie.

1919-1920

MetandencouragedJoanMiró.

Theartistcollaborated

withDiaghilevonthesets

and costumesoftheballet

The Three-Cornered Hat

and thenuntil1920on

PulcinellabyPergolesi.

1921

4February:birthofPaulo,

the sonofPicassoandOlga.

FirststayinDinard.

InFontainebleau,

he simultaneouslypainted

the largeneoclassical

compositionsoftwoversions

of Three Women at the Fountain

(NewYork,The Museumof

ModernArt,MP74)andtwo

CubistversionsoftheThree

Musicians(New York,Museum

ofModernArtandPhiladelphia

Museumof Art).

1922

Picassodesignedthesets

for JeanCocteau'sadaptation

ofAntigoneperformed

atthe Théâtredel'Atelier

(costumesbyCocoChanel).

1923

DuringthesummerinCap

d'Antibes,Picassoexecuted

the largeneoclassical

compositionThe Pipes of Pan

(MP79)andproducedseveral

studiesofbathers.

1924-1935: PICASSO AND THE SURREALISTS

1924

Designedvariousballetsets

andcostumes.

Publicationofthefirstissue

ofLa Révolution Surréaliste,

thejournaldirectedbyAndré

Breton,inwhichtheGuitare

(MP260)wasreproduced

alongsideapoetictext

by PierreReverdy.Picasso's

workswerethenregularly

reproducedinthepublication.

1926

Publicationofthefirstissue

of Cahiers d'art,ajournal

foundedbyChristianZervos,

whowouldregularlypublish

articlesonPicassoover

followingtheyearsillustrated

bynumerousreproductions

of hisworks.

1927

PicassometMarie-Thérèse

Walter(1907-1977),aged17.

Engravingsonthesubject

of L'Atelier(thestudio).

1928

TheMinotauremotifappeared

forthefirsttimeinthelarge

collageMinotaure(Paris,Musée

Nationald'ArtModerne).

BretonpublishedSurrealism

and Paintingillustrating

the forewordwithworks

by Picasso:Man with Clarinet,

1912(Madrid,MuseoThyssen

Bornemisza),andWoman in

Shirt,1913(privatecollection).

InJulioGonzalez'studio,

Picassoexecutedhisiron

sculpturesBust(MP263)and

Figures(MP264andMP265),

projectsfortheMonument

to ApollinairethatKahnweiler

describedas"outline

drawings inspace".

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37

1929

Picassobegancollaborating

withGonzalezonWoman

in the Garden(MP267).

The artistproducedaseries

ofpaintingsinwhichthe

classicalthemesoflarge nudes

wassubvertedbyavirulent

colourpaletteandmultiple

deformities,aswouldbeseen

laterinMayintheLarge Nude

in Red Armchair(MP113).

CarlEinsteinpublished

his essay"PabloPicasso:

Some Paintingsfrom1928",

in thefirstissueofDocuments

(15 issuesbetween1929

and 1930),apublication

launchedbydissident

SurrealistsledbyGeorges

Bataille.Furtherarticles

on Picassowouldbepublished

inthemagazinethroughout

itsrun,inparticularby

Michel Leiris.

1930

Picassocompletedthe small

oil-on-woodpainting

Crucifixion(MP122),whose

compositioncallstomind

thestudypublishedat

the sametimebyGeorges

Bataillein Documents

on The Apocalypse of St. Sever.

PicassoboughtChâteau

de BoisgeloupnearGisors,

wherehesetupasculpture

studio.Hesecretlymoved

Marie-Thérèseintohisstudio

at 44rueLaBoétie,Paris.

1931

AtBoisgeloup,Picasso

commencedhisplaster

sculpturesoftheLarge Busts

series,variationsonMarie-

Thérèse'sface.InJuan-les-Pins,

hebeganaseriesofengravings

fortheSuite Vollard.

Inautumn,The Metamorphoses

of Ovidwaspublishedby Albert

Skira,featuring30 etchings

byPicasso,then Ambroise

VollardpublishedThe Unknown

MasterpiecebyBalzac,including

13ofPicasso'setchings.

1932

Picassoproducedaprolific

seriesofportraitsand

figuresofwomeninspired

by Marie-Thérèse.

Zervospublishedthefirst

volumeofthecatalogue

raisonnéonPicasso'swork

(1895-1906).

1933

Picassofocusedonengraving

atAtelier17,anartstudio

openedbyStanleyWilliam

Hayterat17rueCampagne-

Première,Paris.

Picassoproducedacollage

forthecoveroftheSurrealist

publicationMinotaure(New York,

TheMuseumof ModernArt)

for thejointissues1and2(June).

Minotaureregularlypublished

articlesonPicasso,notablyby

publisherandartcriticTériade.

FernandeOlivier'smemoirs

Picasso and His Friends

published.

1934

Producedsculpturesusing

plasterimprintsofeveryday

objects:Woman with Foliage

(MP314)andWoman with

Orange(MP327).

Picassoexecutedhisfirst

politicalworks:The Death

of Marat(engravings,MP2448

and2449)andWoman with

a Stylet(MP114).

Overthesummer,heembarked

onanewseriesofverybrutal

corridas,painted,drawn

and engraved.

1935

Picassostoppedpainting

until 1936.Picassopenned

his firstpoems.

PicassoandOlgaseparated,

butremainedmarried.

5September:BirthofPicasso

andMarie-Thérèse'sdaughter,

MariadelaConcepción,

known asMaya.

Towardstheendofthe year,

theartiststartedtofrequent

theSurrealistgroup,

which metatBreton'splace

at 42 rue Fontaine.

SabartésarrivedinParisand

becamePicasso'ssecretary.

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38

TheassociationADLAN

(Amigosdelosartesnuevas)

organised,withÉluard's

help,a Picassoretrospective

that wastotourSpaininearly

1936.Met DoraMaar,who was

involvedintheSurrealist

group'spoliticalandartistic

activities.

1936-1939: THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR

1936

3May:victoryforthePopular

FrontandLéonBlum.

InMay,Bretonorganisedthe

ExhibitionofSurrealistObjects

attheGalerieCharlesRatton

featuringsixworksbyPicasso.

18July:GeneralFranco's

failedpronunciamentoagainst

the Republicangovernmentled

totheoutbreakoftheSpanish

CivilWar.

PicassometupwithDora

MaarontheCôted–Azur

andthetwolivedtogether

in Mougins.Picassoexecuted

hisArlésiennesseries.

Picassopaidhisfirstvisitto

the ancientvillageofVallauris,

an importantpotterycentre,

andproducedhisfirstceramics.

19September:Picasso

appointedhonorarydirector

ofthePradoMuseumby

the SpanishRepublic.

Picasso,assistedbyDora,

producedaseriesof

20 photogramsusingthecliché

verretechnique:Portrait of

Dora Maar, in profile, front on,

three-quarter view, in a mantilla

(MP1998-317,318,319,321and323,

formercoll.ofDoraMaar).

Participatedinthe"Fantastic

Art,DadaandSurrealism"

exhibitioncuratedbyAlfredH.

BarrattheMuseumofModern

ArtinNewYork.

1937

Picassomovedto7ruedes

Grands-Augustin,Paris.

Producedaseriesofprints

The Dream and Lie of Franco

tobesoldaspostcards

to raisefundsfortheSpanish

Republicangovernment.

The samegovernment

invitedPicassotoproduce

apaintingfortheSpanish

pavilionatthe International

Expositionof Artand

Technologyin ModernLife

inParis.Producedaseries

of 13 drawingsinpreparation

foralargepaintingonthe

subjectofthePainter and

his Model(MP1178toMP1191)

26April:Guernica,capital

of theBasqueCountry,bombed

bytheNaziairforce,causing

nearly4,000deathsinamatter

ofhours.Thedailynewspaper

Ce soir,runbyAragon,

and L'Humanitépublished

imagesof thebombingand

its victims.

Picassobeganhisstudies

on Guernica.

12July:Inaugurationof

the SpanishPavilion,designed

byLuisLacasaandJosé-Luis

Sert.InadditiontoGuernica,

twosculpturesbyPicassowere

exhibited:Bust of Woman,

1931(MP301),andThe Woman

with the Vase,1933(Madrid,

Museo NacionalCentrodeArte

ReinaSofia).

Contributedtoillustrating

a tributepublicationtoAlfred

JarrywithhisPortrait of Ubu.

HepaintedThe Weeping

Woman(MP165)and

The Suppliant(MP168),

directlyinspiredbytheLerida

bombings,ofwhichheprocured

printsby AugustiCentelles(AP).

1938

SeriesofPortraits of Dora Maar

(MP1201)andself-portraitsin

homagetoVanGogh,including

Man with a Straw Hat and Ice

Cream Cone(MP174).

1939-1945: WAR AND OCCUPATION1939

13January:DeathofPicasso's

motherinBarcelona.

26January:Barcelonacaptured

bytheFrankists.

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39

On29August,Sabartés

and PicassofledtoRoyan,

whereMarie-ThérèseandMaya

werespendingthesummer.

PicassoandDoraMaartookup

residenceattheHôtelduTigre.

1-3September:Germany

invadedPoland.Britainand

Francedeclaredwar.

Theexhibition"Picasso:Forty

YearsofhisArt"wascurated

byAlfredH.Barr,Museum

of ModernArtinNewYork,

beforetouringtoeightcities

aroundtheUS.

1940

PicassoreturnedtoParis.

He livedinhisstudioon

ruedes Grands-Augustins

throughouttheOccupation.

1941

Pennedthesix-actplay

Le Désir attrapé par la queue

(Desirecaughtbythetail),first

publishedin1945byGallimard.

Begandrawingandpainting

for thecollaborationist

newspaperParis-Soir.

Producedhismonumental

plasterbustofDora,which

in 1959wouldbeplaced

in the squareoutsideSaint-

Germain-des-Préschurch,

inParis,and becomethe

Monument to Apollinaire

withwhomtheartiststarted

workingin1921.

1942

PublicationofBuffon'sHistoire

naturellebyMartinFabiani,

publisherandgalleryowner,

featuring31aquatints,etchings

anddrypointworksbyPicasso,

commissionedbyVollardin 1936.

PicassocompletedThe Dawn

(Paris,donatedbytheartist

totheMuséeNationald'Art

Moderne)ofwhichthemuseum

ownsallofthepreparatory

drawings(MP1230toMP1273).

MauricedeVlaminckpublished

thearticleOpenopinions

on paintinginComdia

in whichhelaunchedascathing

attackon Picasso.Various

youngpaintersandintellectuals

engagedintheResistance

publishedaseriesofarticles

in supportofPicasso.

1943

ExecutedthesculptureMan

with Sheepmodelledinclay

onanironframeandmoulded

inplasterforsubsequent

bronzecasting(MP331),and

the sculptureSkull(MP326).

MetFrançoiseGilot,ayoung

painteraged22.Picasso

and Doraseparated.However,

they continuedtoseeeach

otheruntil1946.

1944

28February:MaxJacob

arrestedinSaint-Benoît-

sur-Loireandtransported

to Drancyconcentrationcamp

wherehediedon5March.

ThepoetryanthologyContrée

(AgainsttheGrain)byRobert

Desnos,whowasdeportedto

a concentrationcampwhere

he died,waspublishedby

RobertJ.Godet.The publication

wasillustratedwithanetching

byPicasso(MP2003-17).

16June:Areadingwasheld

atPicasso'sstudioonruedes

Grands-Augustinsof Désir

attrapé par la queue,performed

byJeanAubier,Simonede

Beauvoir,AlbertCamus,Cécile

Éluard,ValentineHugo,Jacques

Lacan,LouiseandMichelLeiris,

DoraMaar,PierreReverdyand

Jean-PaulSartre.Thereading

appearstohavebeenatribute

toMaxJacob.Photographs

by Brassaï(MP1986-32).

5October:L'Humanité

announcedthatPicasso

had joinedtheFrench

CommunistParty(PCF).

ThefirstSalond'Automneafter

theLiberationwasdedicated

to worksprohibitedfordisplayby

theNazisduringtheOccupation

andaccusedofbeing"degenerate

art",includinganimportant

retrospectiveofPicasso'swork.

Thepublicrespondedviolently

to theartworks.

Picassochairedthemanagement

committeeoftheFrontNational

3.2 BIOGRAPHY OF PABLO PICASSO

40

desArtswhichinvestigated

the casesofartistsinvolved

in thecollaboration.

1945

19March:Performance

ofthe Désir attrapé par

la queueby Picassoatthe

apartmentofLouiseand

MichelLeirisin Paris.Directed

by AlbertCamuswithmusical

accompanimentbyGeorges

Hugnet.The spectators

includedGeorgesBraqueand

hiswife,CécileÉluard,Jacques

LacanandJaimeSabartés.

Photo reportagebyBrassaï.

Picassoproducedthree

realistic portraitdrawings

of MauriceThorez.

AtthePCF's10thcongress,

Picassowasbothpraisedand

accusedinthereportpublished

byRogerGaraudy,whosought

toreassuretheparty'sofficial

paintersfollowingZhdanov's

doctrineonSocialRealism.

1946-1954: AFTER THE WAR, COMMUNISM AND THE MEDITERRANEAN1946

PicassopaintedMonument

to the Spanish who Died for

France,whichwasshown

withThe Charnel Houseatthe

exhibition"ArtandResistance"

attheMuséeNationald'Art

ModerneinParis(15February

to15March).

PicassoandFrançoiseGilot

startedtheirlifetogether.

InSeptember,Picasso

was invitedbyRomuald

Dorde la Souchère,curator

at the MuseumofAntibes,

to setuphisstudioinaroom

in ChâteauGrimaldi.Hepainted

some20worksonMediterranean

themesusingRipolinenamel

paintonboardsoffibro-cement

andplywoodwhichheleft

in situandwhichnowmake

upthe municipalcollection

dedicatedto Picasso'smemory

andexhibitedatthechâteau.

JaimeSabartès'Picasso:

portraits and souvenirs

publishedbyLouisCarré

and MaximilienVox.

1947

Wildlife,centaursandbacchantes

recalledthe seriesofpaintings

producedin Antibes.

Picasso,onthesuggestion

of GeorgesSalles(director

of theMuséesdeFrance

agency)andJeanCassou

(directoroftheMuséeNational

d'ArtModerneinParis),agreed

to donatetenimportant

paintingstotheMuséeNational

d'ArtModerne.

15May:BirthofClaude,

FrançoiseGilotandPicasso's

firstchild,thenthefamily

movedtoGolfe-Juan.

Startofanintenseceramics

periodattheRamiépottery

in Vallauris.

1948

Forthefirsttime,worksby

PicassowereexhibitedinItaly,

attheVeniceBiennale.

InAugust,PicassoandPaul

ÉluardattendedtheWorld

CongressofIntellectualsfor

PeaceconvenedinWroclaw,

Poland,todemandtherelease

ofPabloNeruda,heldprisoner

inChile.VisitedKrakowand

Auschwitz.

Exhibited149ceramicspieces

attheMaisondelaPensée

française,inParis.

1949

AragonchoseThe Doveto

illustratetheposterpromoting

theCongressforPeacebeing

heldinAprilattheSallePleyel.

19April:BirthofPaloma,

the secondchildtoFrançoise

GilotandPicasso.

OneofPicasso'sdrawings,

À ta santé Staline !,was

publishedinL'Humanité(MP1391

to1393),causingascandal.

1950

Picassoproducedaseries

oflargeplastersculptures

3.2 BIOGRAPHY OF PABLO PICASSO

41

involvingarangeofdifferent

objectswithintrinsicpoetic

orvisualworthandsubverted

fromtheirstandarduse:

Girl Skipping(MP336),Woman

with Baby Carriage(MP337)

andNanny Goat(MP339and

340).Pursuedhisfascination

with ceramics.

InNovember,Picassowon

the LeninPeacePrize.

NewexhibitionattheMaison

delaPenséefrançaise,preface

writtenbyAragon.

1951

Massacre en Corée(MP203),

largecanvasinagrisaille

paletterepletewithreferences

toGoya,ManetandPuvis

de Chavannes.Moresculptures

inspiredbyeverydayobjects.

ImportantPicassoretrospective

heldinTokyoandOsaka

(Takashimaya).

1952

Pursuedhis"Vanités"series.

31March:Executionofthe

Greekresistanceleader

NikosBeloyannis,thesubject

of a drawingbyPicasso:

Man with the Carnation

(private collection).

Theartistwascommissioned

to decorateanabandoned

14th-centurychapelcloseto

the PlaceduMarchéin Vallauris.

1953

Picassoproducedseveral

paintingsonthetheme

of The Reader(MP207),

which introducedhisnew

techniqueoflargemonochrome

areasinacidiccoloursaround

1953-1954.

Exhibition"Cubism,1907-1914"

heldattheMuséeNational

d'ArtModerneinParis

(January-April).The Young

Ladies of Avignonwasincluded.

AragonaskedPicassopermission

topublishthe Portrait of Stalinin

the12-19MarchissueofLettres

françaises,causingascandal.

Picassoretrospectiveopened

attheGalleriaNazionale

d'ArteModernainRome

(May-July).HisWarandPeace

muralswerepresentedthere.

The exhibitionnexttoured

to Milanandwasenrichedwith

severalofhisessentialworks,

includingGuernica,The Charnel

House,Massacre in Korea,

War and Peace.

Sabartèsdecidedtodonate

his privatecollectiontothecity

of Barcelona.

1954-1967: PICASSO AMONG THE MASTERS

1954

InJuly,theMaisondelaPensée

françaiseinParispresented

"Picasso:twoperiods,

1900-1914,1950-1954"inwhich

hispaintingsintheShchukin

collectionareremoved

fromtheSovietmuseums

forthe occasion.Aweek

afterthe exhibitionopened,

they wereremovedand

returned.As areplacement,

Picassoloanedworksfrom

hisowncollection,including

a Portrait of Madam Z.

TheartistandJacqueline

Roquemovedtoruedes

Grands-Augustins,Paris.

3November:Death

of Henri Matisse.

Duringthewinter,Picasso

producedthefirstdrawings

in hisseriesoffifteen

paintingsandtwolithographs

basedon Women of Algiers

(Paris, MuséeduLouvre).

1955

11February:OlgaPicasso

died inCannes.

Importantretrospective

"Picasso:paintings,1900-1955"

exhibitedattheMuséedesArts

DécoratifsinParis,featuring

Guernica(June-October).

The exhibitionlatertransferred

toMunich,Cologneand

Hamburg,untilApril1956.

Picassoboughtalargevilla

in Cannes,La Californie,

built in 1920.

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42

Henri-GeorgesClouzot

made thefilmLe Mystère

PicassoattheVictorinestudios

inNice.

1956

DavidDouglasDuncanbegan

hisseriesofphotosofPicasso

inhisstudioandwithhisfamily,

publishedinThe Private World

of Pablo Picassoin1958.

FirstPicassoexhibition

in Barcelona,attheSala

Gaspar (October).

Theartistcelebratedhis75th

birthdayattheGalerieMadoura

withthepottersfromVallauris.

InMoscow,IlyaEhrenburg

organisedanexhibition

of worksbelongingtoRussian

collections.

TogetherwithÉdouard

Pignon,HélèneParmelin

andsevenothermilitants,

hesigneda letteraddressed

totheFrenchCommunist

Party'smaincommittee,

declaringtheir concernabout

the situationinHungary,which

waspublishedinLe Monde.

1957

Beganworkingonthesubject

ofVélasquez'Maids of Honour

whichcontinuedtotheend

of theyear.

Commissionedtoproduce

a largemuraltodecorate

the UNESCObuildinginParis.

1958

Theartistcreatedtwo

largesculpturesmadeof

rosechamotteclay(Flute

Playerand Seated Diaulos

Player,MP3744andMP3745).

Starteda seriesofsculptures

assembledfrompieces

of recoveredwood.

Themuralmadeofceramic

panelsbasedonPicasso's

boxeswasinstalledinthemain

hall(the'Delegates'Lounge')

oftheUNESCObuilding.

GeorgesSalles,whoaccepted

thecompositiononbehalf

of UNESCO,proposedthe title,

The Fall of Icarus,which

replacedthemural'soriginal

title,The Forces of Life and

the Spirit Triumphing over Evil.

PurchasedChâteaude

Vauvenargues,a14th-century

castlelocatednearAix-en-

Provence,atthefootofMount

Saint-Victoire,aniconicsubject

inanumberofCézanne

paintings.

1959

PennedalongpoeminSpanish,

Trozo de piel (Hunk of Skin),

whichwaspublishedbythe

poetCamiloJoséCelain1961.

Startedtoproducelinocuts.

Thelargebronzeheproduced

in1941,theBustofDoraMaar,

Monument to Apollinaire,

was placedandinaugurated

on the SquaredeSaint-

Germain-des-PrésinParis.

Theartistbeganresearching

thevariationsonManet'sLunch

on the GrassbetweenAugust

1959andDecember1961.

VallaurisChapel,decorated

withthemuralsWarandPeace,

wasofficiallyinaugurated

and theplacewasconverted

intoanationalmuseum.

Producedlinoleumcuts

on Mediterraneansubjects.

WithJacqueline,Luis

Dominguinandtheactress

LuciaBose,Dominguin'swife,

PicassoappearedinTestament

d'Orphée(Testamentof

Orpheus),afilmdirectedby

andstarringJeanCocteau.

1960

"Picasso.Retrospective

1895-1959",TateGalleryin

London,270works,catalogue

writtenbyRolandPenrose.

1961

2March:Picassomarried

JacquelineRoqueinVallauris

atanintimatewedding.They

movedtoMouginsinJune.

Executedpaintedand

cut-outsheetmetalsculptures,

including,forexample,

The Chair(MP359),Woman

with Open Arms(MP360),

Pierrot Seated(MP364and1527)

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andtheFootballers(MP362

and 363).

PublicationofPicasso's Picasso

byDavidDouglasDuncan,

revealingtheworksintheartist's

ownpersonalcollectionwhich

wouldformthefoundation

of theworksacceptedinlieu

onbehalfof theMuséeNational

Picassoandcharthistrajectory.

1962

1May:Picassoawarded

the LeninPeacePrizefor

the secondtime.

Continuedtoproducehissheet

metalbusts.Producedsome

70portraits of Jacqueline

using differenttechniques

includingpainting,drawing,

potteryandengraving.

Producedanillustration

(MP1533)andpaintingof

The Abduction of the Sabines

byPoussin(oneversionatthe

MuséeNationald'ArtModerne

inParis,oneattheNàrodni

GalleryinPrague,andanother

attheFondationBeyeler

in Basel,Switzerland).

Themonumentalpainted-metal

sculptureWoman with Open

Arms(1960)wasenlarged

to sixmetrestalloutofcement

byCarlNesjar,forKahnweiler's

gardeninSaint-Hilaire.

The sculpturewasplaced

in the groundsofthemuseum

inVilleneuve-d'Ascq.

1963

PicassopaintedThe Capture

of the Sabines inspired

by David's original work

(Boston,MuseumofFineArts)

andproduced13variations

of Jacqueline'sportraitinthe

firstfewdaysoftheyear.

Theartiststartedtheprolific

seriesofthePainter and His

Model,whichhecontinued

throughouttheyear.

OpeningoftheMuseuPicasso

inBarcelonaonCalleMontcada,

inthePalauPalace,a15th-

centurypalace.

DeathofGeorgesBraque.

DeathofJeanCocteau.

Picassobeganaveryclose

collaborationwithbrothersAldo

andPieroCrommelynck,who

movedtheirintagliostudioto

Mougins,toproduceetchings.

Employedamultitudeofbold

techniquesandmixedprocesses

inhisEmbracesseriesandthen

hisPainter and His Modelseries

(MP2709-13and 2737).

1964

Paintedaseriesof20paintings

inspiredbyManet'sOlympia.

FrançoiseGilot,incollaboration

withCarltonLake,published

Life with Picasso,NewYork,

McGrawHill,publishedin French

byCalman-Lévyin 1965.

Resumedhisfocuson

engraving,notablywiththeuse

ofcoloured"softvarnish".

Completedthemodelfor

the Bustsculptureintended

for theCivicArtCenter

in Chicagoinspiredbyhis

1962Bust of Woman.The final

version,madeofsteeland

measuring20 metrestall,

was inauguratedin1967.

Thiswasfollowedbylongseries

ofpaintingsonthe Painter

and His Model(MP1990-31),which

carriedonintothefollowing

year,aswellasthethemesof

thePainterandtheBust of

Man,formingthecontinuation

of multipleself-portraits

featuringthe artist's face.

GallimardpublishedBrassaï's

Conversations with Picasso,

illustratedwithphotographs

by theauthor.

1965

InspiredbyRembrandt's

Hendrickje Stoffels(1654,

London,NationalGallery),

Picassoproducedthelarge

provocativecanvasLa Pisseuse

(ThePee'er)(Paris,Musée

Nationald'ArtModerne).

Introducednewthemesintohis

painting:mancarryingachild,

family,maneatingwatermelons.

InNovember,theartist

underwentsurgeryforanulcerat

3.2 BIOGRAPHY OF PABLO PICASSO

44

theAmericanHospitalinNeuilly

andspenthislasttimeinParis.

CarlNesjarproducedlarger

models(MP1831to1848)

in cementofthefiguresin

the LunchontheGrasswhich

weresubsequentlyplaced

in thegroundsoftheModerna

MuseetinStockholm.

1966

Illustratedandpaintedfigures

oftheMusketeers,inspired

bythegentlemeninthe

SpanishGoldenAgeportrayed

by Vélasquez.

Seriesofblackandcolour

illustrationsinanotebook

(MP1990-116)featuringfigures,

eroticdrawingsandburlesque

scenes,orgraphically

commentingonthelargeIngres

paintingJupiter and Thetis.

28September:Death

of André Breton.

"HomagetoPicasso"exhibition

organisedbyJeanLeymarie

at theGrandPalaisandthePetit

Palais,in Paris.Inauguration

by AndréMalraux,France's

MinisterofCulturesince1959

(November).The exhibition

unveileda numberofsculptures

producedbytheartist

to the generalpublic.

1967

Theartistrefusedtoaccept

theLegionofHonourmedal,

the highestdecoration

in France.

Picassowasevictedfrom

his ParisianstudioonRue

des Grands-Augustinswhich

he hadoccupiedsince1937.

Picassocontinuedwithhis

Busts of Musketeersseries.

The Painter and His Model

(MP1990-32)series,which

fortheveryfirsttime

featuredthe characteristic

Rembrandtesquefigures

particularlyinspiredby the

paintingRembrandt and Saskia.

Theexhibition"Picasso:

Sculptures,Ceramics,Graphic

Work"attheTateGalleryin

London,curatedbySirRoland

Penrose(June-August),

subsequentlypresented

at theMuseumofModernArt

in New York(11October1967-

1 January1968).

Picassoproducedthe

largepaintingThe Couple

(MP1990-33),thatdepartedfrom

theRembrandtinspirationto

makewayforamajorfollow-on

fromtheCouplesandEmbraces

whichdominatedPicasso's

oeuvreuntilhisdeath.

1968-1973: HIS FINAL YEARS 1968

Paintingsonthetheme

of the Nude with Bird

(Cologne, MuseumLudwig)

and drawingsontheTurkish

Bath(Paris,MuséeduLouvre,

Jean-Auguste-Dominique

Ingres,The Turkish Bath).

JaimeSabartèsdiedandso

to honourhismemory,Picasso

donatedallofhisLas Meninas

(TheMaidsofHonour)series

(58paintings)andaportrait

of Sabartèsdatingfrom

his BlueperiodtotheMuseu

PicassoinBarcelona.

Theartistthencompleted

his 347 engravingsdealing

withcomplexiconographic

themes,combiningreferences

tothecircus,corrida,theatre

andcommedia dell'arte,

includingeroticscenesinspired

by the IngrespaintingRaphael

and the Fornarina.The347

engravingswereprinted

by the Crommelynckbrothers

in theirMouginsstudio.

1969

Picassoenteredanintense

periodofpaintingduring

which heproducedsome

165 worksinayear(between

5 January1969and2February

1970),the subjectsincluding

portraits,couples,nudes,

men withswords,smokers

and stilllifes.

PublicationofThe Burial of

the Count of Orgaz,withwords

byPicassowrittensometime

between6January1957and

3.2 BIOGRAPHY OF PABLO PICASSO

45

20 August1959,andaprologue

byRafaelAlberti(published

byGustavoGiliandEdiciones

delaCometa,Barcelona).

This "literaryfantasy"

by Picassowasaccompanied

byaseriesofillustrations

by theartist,including

a burinengraving,12etchings

and threeaquatintsselected

from worksproducedbetween

1966and1967.

1970

Picassodonatedtothe Museu

PicassoinBarcelonaworks

lefttohisfamilydating

from the earlydaysof

his careerand produced

in La CoruñatheninBarcelona,

togetherwithpiecesrealised

in1917duringhistimewith

the BalletsRusses.

Exhibition"Picasso1969-1970"

atthePalaisdesPapesin

Avignon.Theeventorganised

byYvonneZervosbrought

together167paintingsand

45drawings.ChristianZervos

designedtheinstallationand

wrotethecataloguepreface.

Theexhibitioncauseda public

outcry.Picasso'srecent

paintingsdisplayedintwo

parallelrows,withhisvirulent

colourpalette,eroticsubjects

andhugesizeswereonce

again misunderstood.

DeathofChristianZervos

shortlyafterthedeathof

his wifeYvonne.

Picassopaintedwithout

interruptionuntilhisdeath

aseriesoflargepaintings

combiningthemanythemes

he studiedthroughout

his lifetime.

1971

Picassodonated57 drawings

producedbetween

15 December1970and

4 February1971totheMusée

RéattuinArles.

InOctober,tocelebrate

Picasso's90thbirthday,

aselectionofworksfrom

Frenchpubliccollectionswas

presentedintheLouvre's

GrandeGalerie.

PicassodonatedGuitar(1912),

hisfirstmetalconstruction,

toWilliamRubintoexhibit

at theMuseumofModernArt

inNewYork.Fortheoccasion,

herevealedtheoriginal

ofthe Guitar,madeoutof

cardboard(NewYork,The

Museumof ModernArt).

1972

Seriesofillustratedself-

portraits,wheretheheadis

displayedasamaskoraskull

withbulgingeyes(MP1982-160).

Produceddrawingsofreclining

nudes,obscenelyarranging

provocativeoldodalisques

conveyingthecorruption

of thefleshandthedestruction

ofappearances:Nude in

an Armchair(MP1544),Nude

(MP1542)andNude Woman

and Musketeer(MP1540).

1973

8April:Picassodiedathis

farmhouseNotre-Dame-de-Vie

inMougins.

Theexhibition"Pablo Picasso,

1970-1972"atthePalais

des PapesinAvignon

(catalogueprefacedbyRené

Char)allowedthepublicto

discoverthelastworksselected

bytheartisthimselfforthe

show(23 May-23 September).

3.2 BIOGRAPHY OF PABLO PICASSO

46

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50

Arealmofdiversityofexpression,culturesandpoints

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with the Picassoexhibition.SculpturesattheMusée

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5. VISUALS AVAILABLE FOR THE PRESS

PabloPicassoFigure(proposécommeprojetpourun monumentà GuillaumeApollinaire)Paris,automne1928Fildeferettôle,50x18,5x40,8cmMuséenationalPicasso-Paris97-003305/MP264Photo©RMN-GrandPalais/Béatrice Hatala©SuccessionPicasso20164096x4961 px(~58MB)34,6x42cm(300dpi)

PabloPicassoTête d'hommeParis,1930Fer,laitonetbronze,83,5x40x36cmMuséenationalPicasso-Paris15-512288/MP269Photo©RMN-GrandPalais/Mathieu Rabeau© SuccessionPicasso20166343x8464px(~153MB)53,7x71,6cm(300dpi)

PabloPicassoTêteParis,1907Hêtresculptéetpartiellementpeint,37 x20x12,5cmMP1990-51Photo©RMN-GrandPalais/Béatrice Hatala©SuccessionPicasso2016

PabloPicassoNature morte : buste, coupe et paletteBoisgeloup,1932Huilesurtoile,130,5x97,5cmMuséenationalPicasso-Paris97-018214/MP140Photo©RMN-GrandPalais/Jean-GillesBerizzi©SuccessionPicasso20164096x5444px(~63MB)34,6x46cm(300dpi)

PabloPicassoLa Femme enceinteVallauris,1950-15mars1959Bronze,109x30x34cmMuséenationalPicasso-Paris15-624257/MP338Photo©RMN-GrandPalais/Mathieu Rabeau©SuccessionPicasso20165743x8383px(~137MB)48,6x70,9cm(300dpi)

PabloPicassoVisageGolfe-Juan,1946,galetincisé,4,2 x 6,7 x1,2cmCP.1945.PICASSOPhoto©MauriceAeschimann©SuccessionPicasso2016

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PabloPicassoTête de femmeBoisgeloup,1931-1932Ciment,épreuveunique,printemps 1937,128,5x54,5x62,5cmMuséePicasso,AntibesMPA1950.3.2Photo©imageArt,ClaudeGermain©SuccessionPicasso2016

PabloPicassoLa LiseuseVallauris,1951-1953Bronzepeint,15,5x35,5x13cmParis,CentrePompidou-Musée nationald'artmoderne -Centre decréationindustrielleAM1984-643Photo©CentrePompidou,MNAM-CCI,Dist.RMN-GrandPalais/Droits réservés©SuccessionPicasso20169609x7685px(~211MB)81,3x65cm(300dpi)

PabloPicassoPetit chevalCannes,1961Elementsdetableàrouletteenmétalcoupés,assemblésetpeints66,5x18x60,5cmCollectionParticulière.CourtesyFundaciónAlmineyBernardRuiz-PicassoparaelArte©FABAPhoto:MarcDomage©SuccessionPicasso2016

PabloPicassoTête de femme (Fernande)Paris,automne1909Plâtredefonderie,47x35,9x34,9cm©RaymondandPatsyNasherCollection,NasherSculptureCenter,DallasLO1712Photographer:TomJenkins©SuccessionPicasso2016

PabloPicassoBuste de femmeBoisgeloup,1931Bronze,épreuveunique,78 x 44,5 x 54 cmMuséenationalPicasso-ParisPhoto©RMN-GrandPalais/Mathieu Rabeau©SuccessionPicasso20166270x8360px(~149MB)53x70,7cm(300dpi)

PabloPicassoLe Verre d'absintheParis,printemps1914Bronzepeintàl'huile,cuillèreà absintheenmétalblanc,21,6 x 16,4 x 8,5cmTheMuseumof ModernArt,NewYork.GiftofLouiseRheinardtSmith,1956Photo©Digitalimage,TheMuseumof ModernArt,NewYork/Scala,Florence©SuccessionPicasso2016

PabloPicassoLa Femme au feuillageBoisgeloup,1934Plâtreoriginalvernissé38,5x27,5x21cmSpies-157I(Femme au feuillage)CollectionParticulière.CourtesyFundaciónAlmineyBernardRuiz-PicassoparaelArte©FABAPhoto :EricBaudouin© SuccessionPicasso2016

PabloPicassoFemme au chapeauCannes,1961Tôledécoupée,pliée,peinteen1963126x73x41cmFondationBeyeler,Riehen/Basel,BeyelerCollectionBEYELER.1961Photo:PeterSchibli,Basel©SuccessionPicasso2016

Photographeanonyme,Picassodevant laversionenferpeinteenblancde La femme au jardin(MP267)lorsde l'exposition«Picasso»àlaGalerieGeorgesPetit,Paris1932.TiragecontrecollésurcartonAnonymeMuséenationalPicasso-ParisArchives privéesdePabloPicasso,Don SuccessionPicasso,1992APPH6652Photo©RMN-GrandPalais/MathieuRabeau©SuccessionPicasso2016

PabloPicassoBuste de FemmeBoisgeloup,1931Ciment,épreuveunique,printemps1937,78x44,5x50cmParis,muséePicassoPhoto©RMN-GrandPalais/Adrien Didierjean©SuccessionPicasso20166917x9223 px(~182MB)58,5x78cm(300dpi)

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Façade of the Hôtel Salé

Main staircase

Jupiter room

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7. PRESS CONTACTS

Crédits photos de couvertureBuste de femme, Boisgeloup, 1931, ciment,

Musée national Picasso-Paris, © Succession Picasso 2016.

Photo © RMN-Grand Palais/Adrien Didierjean

Buste de femme, Boisgeloup, 1931, bronze,

Musée national Picasso-Paris, © Succession Picasso 2016.

Photo © RMN-Grand Palais/Mathieu Rabeau