Pablo Picasso, Villa La Californie, Cannes 1957
DAVID DOUGLAS DUNCAN (* 1916)
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Vintage silver print, mounted on the original cardboard, 25.4 x 38.2 cm
Signed, titled, exposure and printing date, »Picasso at home Villa La Californie« annotated by the photographer on the lower mount, his copyright stamp in red, also signed and dedicated on the reverse
»Now – looking back – all so normal! War photographer colleague Bob Capa said he’d introduce us – he was killed in Indochina – so double reason to say hello: my welcome would be eternal«.
David Douglas Duncan
Some friendships begin under unique circumstances or in extraordinary places. Duncan simply rang the doorbell of Picasso's villa La Californie in Cannes in 1956. Picasso’s wife Jacqueline opened the door, Picasso was sitting in the bathtub. This scene, as odd as it was intimate, also offered Duncan the opportunity for his first photograph – in certain ways it laid the foundation for the deep friendship between the two men. A close friendship that lasted until Picasso’s death developed from this initial encounter. Picasso’s villa in the South of France became Duncan’s second home. With his Leica he captured the rare, evocative moments and presents the artist in an unusual role. Touching snapshots from Picasso’s private life radiate warmth, intimacy and vitality, they present a Picasso known only to a few people during his lifetime. The present print is one of the earliest prints of the image (as evidenced by Duncan's own detailed caption) and originally comes from the collection of Michel Sola, long time picture editor of Paris Match.
LITERATURE David Douglas Duncan, Viva Picasso, Munich 1980, p.1; David Douglas Duncan, Photo Nomad, Verona 2003, p. 12–13; Die private Welt von Pablo Picasso, 1958, p.1
PROVENANCE The print originally comes from the estate of Michel Sola (editor-in-chief of the photography department of Paris Match for many years).
DAVID DOUGLAS DUNCAN (* 1916) Pablo Picasso, Villa La Californie, Cannes 1957
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Starting price: 5,000 €
Estimate: 10,000–12,000 €
Vintage silver print, mounted on the original cardboard, 25.4 x 38.2 cm
Signed, titled, exposure and printing date, »Picasso at home Villa La Californie« annotated by the photographer on the lower mount, his copyright stamp in red, also signed and dedicated on the reverse
»Now – looking back – all so normal! War photographer colleague Bob Capa said he’d introduce us – he was killed in Indochina – so double reason to say hello: my welcome would be eternal«.
David Douglas Duncan
Some friendships begin under unique circumstances or in extraordinary places. Duncan simply rang the doorbell of Picasso's villa La Californie in Cannes in 1956. Picasso’s wife Jacqueline opened the door, Picasso was sitting in the bathtub. This scene, as odd as it was intimate, also offered Duncan the opportunity for his first photograph – in certain ways it laid the foundation for the deep friendship between the two men. A close friendship that lasted until Picasso’s death developed from this initial encounter. Picasso’s villa in the South of France became Duncan’s second home. With his Leica he captured the rare, evocative moments and presents the artist in an unusual role. Touching snapshots from Picasso’s private life radiate warmth, intimacy and vitality, they present a Picasso known only to a few people during his lifetime. The present print is one of the earliest prints of the image (as evidenced by Duncan's own detailed caption) and originally comes from the collection of Michel Sola, long time picture editor of Paris Match.
LITERATURE David Douglas Duncan, Viva Picasso, Munich 1980, p.1; David Douglas Duncan, Photo Nomad, Verona 2003, p. 12–13; Die private Welt von Pablo Picasso, 1958, p.1
PROVENANCE The print originally comes from the estate of Michel Sola (editor-in-chief of the photography department of Paris Match for many years).