PABLO PICASSO

Pablo Picasso
Title: Picasso et Jacqueline à la corrida
Year: August 7, 1966
Photographer: Hubertus Hierl
Material: Original photograph, Gelatin silver bromide print AGFA (Barytine)
Dimensions: 21 x 29 cm
Edition: Artist’s proof, signed
Condition: Excellent
Provenance: Directly from the artist's archives

Note:
This vintage photograph captures Pablo Picasso during a corrida in Fréjus, South of France, on August 7, 1966. Part of the Picasso à la corrida series, it poignantly conveys the emotions of anticipation, tension, and fear Picasso may have felt in this intense moment. The photograph was taken by Hubertus Hierl, whose images bring out the profound experience Picasso had at the event. Werner Spies, Picasso expert and former director of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, states that Hierl’s photographs "show what Picasso sees and feels," offering an intimate view of the artist during this significant moment in his life.

Literature and Illustration:
Picasso à la corrida. Photographs by Hubertus Hierl. Text by Werner Spies. Cologne, 2002. ISBN

Picasso sur la plaza de toros. Photographs by Hubertus Hierl. Fundación Picasso, Museo de la Casa Natal, Málaga, 2006. ISBN 978-84-96055-59-0

Pablo Picasso. Les portraits. Fréjus – 7 août 1966. Photographs by Hubertus Hierl. With an essay by Franz Niehoff. Munich-Landshut, 2011. ISBN 978-3-940896-27-8