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Picasso: masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris represents every period of Picasso’s long career and almost every medium to which he turned his hand. In this series of podcasts, we look closely at 12 artworks from the exhibition which cover the length of his endlessly inventive career.
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Picasso: masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris
Introduction
Photo by Gjon Mili/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images
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Pablo Picasso
Le fou (The jester) 1905
bronze 41.5 x 37 x 22.8 cm Pablo Picasso Bequest, 1979, MP 231 © Succession Picasso, 2011/Licensed by Viscopy, 2011 © Paris, Reunion des Musees Nationaux/Beatrice Hatala © Musee National Picasso, Paris
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Pablo Picasso
Autoportrait (Self-portrait) 1906
oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm Pablo Picasso Bequest, 1979, MP8 © Succession Picasso, 2011/Licensed by Viscopy, 2011 © Paris, Reunion des Musees Nationaux/Rene-Gabriel Ojeda © Musee National Picasso, Paris
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Pablo Picasso
Trois figures sous un arbre (Three figures under a tree) 1907-08
oil on canvas, 99 x 99 cm Gift of McCarthy Cooper, 1986, MP1986-2 © Succession Picasso, 2011/Licensed by Viscopy, 2011 © Paris, Reunion des Musees Nationaux/Rene-Gabriel Ojeda © Musee National Picasso, Paris
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Pablo Picasso
Violon (Violin) 1915
cut, bent, and painted sheet metal and wire, 100 x 63.7 x 18 cm Pablo Picasso Bequest, 1979, MP255 © Succession Picasso, 2011/Licensed by Viscopy, 2011 © Paris, Reunion des Musees Nationaux/Beatrice Hatala © Musee National Picasso, Paris
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Pablo Picasso
Portrait d'Olga dans un fauteuil (Portrait of Olga in an armchair) 1918
oil on canvas, 130 x 88.8 cm Pablo Picasso Bequest, 1979, MP55 © Succession Picasso, 2011/Licensed by Viscopy, 2011 © Paris, Reunion des Musees Nationaux/Rene-Gabriel Ojeda © Musee National Picasso, Paris
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Pablo Picasso
Deux femmes courant sur la plage (La course) (Two women running on the beach (The race)) 1922
gouache on plywood 32.5 x 41.1 cm Pablo Picasso Bequest, 1979, MP78 © Succession Picasso, 2011/Licensed by Viscopy, 2011 © Paris, Reunion des Musees Nationaux/ Jean-Gilles Berizzi © Musee National Picasso, Paris
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Pablo Picasso
Portrait de Dora Maar (Portrait of Dora Maar) 1937
oil on canvas, 92 x 65 cm Pablo Picasso Bequest, 1979, MP158 © Succession Picasso, 2011/Licensed by Viscopy, 2011 © Paris, Reunion des Musees Nationaux/Jean-Gilles Berizzi © Musee National Picasso, Paris
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Pablo Picasso
La chèvre (The goat) 1950
bronze, 120.5 x 72 x 144 cm Pablo Picasso Bequest, 1979, MP340 © Succession Picasso, 2011/Licensed by Viscopy, 2011 © Paris, Reunion des Musees Nationaux/Beatrice Hatala © Musee National Picasso, Paris
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Pablo Picasso
Jacqueline aux mains croisées (Jacqueline with crossed hands) 1954
oil on canvas, 116 x 88.5 cm Jacqueline Picasso Bequest, 1990, MP1990-26 © Succession Picasso, 2011/Licensed by Viscopy, 2011 © Paris, Reunion des Musees Nationaux/Jean-Gilles Berizzi © Musee National Picasso, Paris
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Pablo Picasso
L'atelier de La Californie (The studio of La Californie) 1956
oil on canvas, 114 x 146 cm Pablo Picasso Bequest, 1979, MP211 © Succession Picasso, 2011/Licensed by Viscopy, 2011 © Paris, Reunion des Musees Nationaux/Jean-Gilles Berizzi © Musee National Picasso, Paris
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Pablo Picasso
Les baigneurs (The bathers) 1956
bronze, various dimensions Pablo Picasso Bequest, 1979, MP352–357 © Succession Picasso, 2011/Licensed by Viscopy, 2011 © Paris, Reunion des Musees Nationaux/ Thierry Le Mage © Musee National Picasso, Paris
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Pablo Picasso
Le jeune peintre (The young painter) 1972
oil on canvas, 91 x 72.5 cm Pablo Picasso gift in lieu, 1979, MP 228 © Succession Picasso, 2011/Licensed by Viscopy, 2011 © Paris, Reunion des Musees Nationaux/ Jean-Gilles Berizzi © Musee National Picasso, Paris