Erotic Picasso
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This show devoted to the erotic gaze in Picasso's oeuvre enables viewers to trace the development of style and content throughout his career, revealing the persistence of this gaze and its different manifestations.
From the time he made the first drawings that expressed his early interest in the female form, to the last drawings made just a few days before his death, distorted, distressing views of the female sex, Picasso's entire career unfolded in the light of Eros and the shadow of Thanatos. At the core of his production, however, we find a set of specifically erotic works, most of them drawings and sketches kept in the intimacy of drawers or in private collections, but also paintings and sculptures.
In one sense, we could say that the whole of Picasso's oeuvre has an erotic quality: creation always stems from the sexual drive. This is precisely the aspect that the exhibition intends to reveal. In chronological order, the show traces the evolution of style and subject matter in Picasso's oeuvre, focusing on the pre-eminence of his erotic gaze, sometimes crudely sexual; the persistence and diversification of what Jean Clair termed the 'libido of seeing'.
Gérard Regnier, Dominique Dupuis-Labbé, Guy Cogeval, Nathalie Bondil-Poupard, Jean-Jacques Lebel and Maria Teresa Ocaña
Chronicle of the exhibition
Artworks of the Collection
Pablo Picasso
Humorous Composition. Jaume Sabartés and Jacqueline Pierreux
Pablo Picasso
Humorous Composition. Jaume Sabartés and Sylvia López
Pablo Picasso
Circus. The Horsewman with Grapes
Pablo Picasso
Humorous Composition. Paul Claudel and a Dancer
Pablo Picasso
Humorous composition. Jaume Sabartés as a Child in the Arms of Teresa Gimpera
Pablo Picasso
Dreamy Sailor with Two Women, a Couple, a Female Spectator and a Sculpture on a Stool
Pablo Picasso
Household Scene
Pablo Picasso
Self-Portrait with a Woman
Pablo Picasso
Big Woman and Paunchy Little Man
Pablo Picasso
Two Women
Pablo Picasso
Sailor-Cyclops
Pablo Picasso
Variation on "The Turkish Bath". Women at the Pool
Pablo Picasso
Cavalier Coming upon Women Dancing by the Light of the Moon
Pablo Picasso
Old Man Wearing a Toga, Procuress and Prostitute
Pablo Picasso
Odalisque with Crossed Legs
Pablo Picasso
Painter before His Canvas, Wearing a Clog and a Slipper
Pablo Picasso
The Maison Tellier. The Mistress's Party. Owl. Degas Leaning on the Wall
Pablo Picasso
Young Painter-Perseus with an Owl, and Odalisque-Medusa
Pablo Picasso
Painter and Woman Picking Flowers
Pablo Picasso
Woman at the Mirror
Pablo Picasso
Ballerina Trying to Seduce a Guitarist's Owl (or the Other Way Round)
Pablo Picasso
After the Exam: The Father Takes His Son back, with the Blessing of the Academy
Pablo Picasso
Couple with Apples (Adam and Eve)
Pablo Picasso
Legless Painter in His Atelier, Painting "Le déjeuner sur l'herbe", with a Model
Pablo Picasso
"Don't Look, my Child"
Pablo Picasso
Humorous composition. Jaume Sabartés and Béatrice Altariba
Pablo Picasso
Time Passes. Amazon with a Cutlass Riding a Tame Bull, with Ringlets and Make-up, and Female Spectators
Pablo Picasso
The Twofold Gaze of Degas and Seven Bathers
Pablo Picasso
Trainer, Horsewoman-Winged Mare and Acrobat with a Ball
Pablo Picasso
Musketeer and Odalisque-Medusa
Pablo Picasso
Musketeer, Priest Praying, Old Man with an Owl and Odalisque: Medusa, Virgin or Simply a Woman?
Pablo Picasso
At the Circus. Pugilists and Horsewoman
Pablo Picasso
The Picture Backstage. Odalisque and Painter
Pablo Picasso
Lustful and Impotent Old Man with a Spanish Prostitute on His Lap, a Sailor Concealing His Sex, and a Gardener
Pablo Picasso
Woman Wearing a Turban, Old Gentleman, Executioner and Man with Wild Eyes
Pablo Picasso
The Circus of Life Observed by a Little Girl
Pablo Picasso
Gladiator Fight with Spectators, and below, Evocation of the Ecce Homo
Pablo Picasso
Midnight Swim. Women Surprised by a Merry Sailor
Pablo Picasso
The Mistress's Party, with an Ithyphallic Cupid. Degas with a Red Nose
Pablo Picasso
Scene of Seduction between Two Prostitutes, with Degas as a Voyeur
Pablo Picasso
Degas Wearing Boots, and Two Prostitutes, one of them Seated in an Upholstered Napoleon III Chair
Pablo Picasso
Degas Dreaming. A Couple in a Sicilian Chariot, a Woman and a Young Man Wearing a Toga
Pablo Picasso
The Mistress's Party
Pablo Picasso
Divertimento Inspired by "The Turkish Bath". Games, Music and Cakes
Pablo Picasso
The Maison Tellier. Two Prostitutes Fantasising: Salomé Dancing, Bewitched by the Head of John the Baptist
Pablo Picasso
Degas, Bawd and Three Prostitutes, One of Them with Four Breasts
Pablo Picasso
Woman in Bed and Visitors Dressed in Seventeenth-Century Costume
Pablo Picasso
Performance for a Couple. Captain Frans Banninck Cocq and Women
Pablo Picasso
Old Model-Young Odalisque, Androgynous Woman, Arcadian Shepherd and Fisherman Wearing a Floppy Beret
Pablo Picasso
David, Bathsheba and the Prophet Natan
Pablo Picasso
Circus Scene, with a Winged Horse, Seen by a Stagehand
Pablo Picasso
Variation on Rembrandt's "Ecce Homo"
Pablo Picasso
Odalisque Wearing a Dog's Collar
Pablo Picasso
Procuress and Prostitute, with Two Men Dressed in Seventeenth-Century Costume
Pablo Picasso
Rest. Two Prostitutes Chatting
Pablo Picasso
Painting (Self-Portrait-Riddle), with Woman, Putto and Spectators
Pablo Picasso
The Four-Leaf Clover
Pablo Picasso
Painter Wearing a Cravat, Sketching His Model against the Backdrop of the Maison Tellier
Pablo Picasso
Old Model Posing as a Young Odalisque. The Twofold Gaze of the Painter
Pablo Picasso
Recollections. Spain. With a Swooning Woman on a Horse in Love
Pablo Picasso
Performance. Love Venturing among the Women
Pablo Picasso
Degas Musing. Prostitutes among Themselves
Pablo Picasso
Brothel. Gossip, with a Parrot, Bawd, and the Portrait of Degas
Pablo Picasso
Brothel. Degas with His Sketchbook, Procuress, Three Prostitutes and a Moroccan Pouffe
Pablo Picasso
Prostitute Wearing a Bracelet, and Degas with Hands behind His Back
Pablo Picasso
The Mistress and Backstreet Abortionist with Three Prostitutes. Degas with Hands behind His Back
Pablo Picasso
The Maison Tellier. The Mistress's Party. Degas behind a Pane of Glass
Pablo Picasso
Degas in a Morning Coat, Drawing Himself in a Suit, amidst Prostitutes
Pablo Picasso
Brothel. Rest and Gossip
Pablo Picasso
Degas amidst Prostitutes. The Bill
Pablo Picasso
Degas amidst Prostitutes. First Appearance of Degas
Pablo Picasso
Degas amidst the Prostitutes. Rest and Intimacy
Pablo Picasso
Beautiful Young Woman at her Toilette, Dreaming She Possesses an Emaciated Faun Holding a Bird
Pablo Picasso
Prostitutes among Themsleves, One of Them with a Flower
Pablo Picasso
Prostitutes among themselves. The Madame
Pablo Picasso
The Mistress's Party. Lapdog, Flowers and Gossip. Portrait of Degas on the Wall
Pablo Picasso
Degas Fantasising. Faun Whispering in a Woman's Ear
Pablo Picasso
Degas Pays and Leaves. The Prostitutes aren't Tender
Pablo Picasso
The Mistress's Party. Flowers and Kisses. Degas Amusing Himself
Pablo Picasso
Brothel. Scandalmongering. Profile of Degas Wrinkling His Nose
Pablo Picasso
Prostitutes Amusing Themselves with Music
Pablo Picasso
Bearded Man Fantasising. Women, Man and Greek Man with the Body of a Woman
Pablo Picasso
The Mistress's Party. These Women Speak ill of Degas, Whose Profile is Reduced to One-Third
Pablo Picasso
Two Women Wearing Socks
Pablo Picasso
The Maison Tellier. Prostitutes among themselves. Degas, astonished
Pablo Picasso
Degas fantasising. Outdoor fête with a masked ball...
Pablo Picasso
The Maison Tellier. Prostitutes among themselves
Pablo Picasso
Salome Dancing for Herodes
Pablo Picasso
The Mistress's Party, with a Lapdog. Degas with a Twofold Gaze
Pablo Picasso
The Mistress's Party. Confetti and Imp. A Slice of Degas Profile
Pablo Picasso
Degas as Visionary. Prostitute Resting and Listening to Her Companions' Stories
Pablo Picasso
Couple: Woman and Dog-Man. With Woman and Flower
Pablo Picasso
Taming at the Circus with a Horsewoman, Sorcerer, Falconer and Noah's Dove in the Foreground
Pablo Picasso
Degas Fantasising. Scene of Seduction between Two Prostitutes and a Hypocritical Matron
Pablo Picasso
Woman with a Big Nose, Foreshortened, on a Bed
Pablo Picasso
The Maison Tellier. The Arrival of Clients
Pablo Picasso
Two Women, One of Them Foreshortened and the Other Snuggled up
Pablo Picasso
Degas, Hands in Pocket, and Two Prostitutes
Pablo Picasso
Three Profiles of a Woman Wearing a Shirt and Shoe Boots, and a Nude Woman Dreaming
Pablo Picasso
Humorous Composition. Jaume Sabartés as a Monkey with a Pin-up
Pablo Picasso
Humorous Composition. Jaume Sabartés and Neile Adams
Pablo Picasso
Humorous Composition. Jaume Sabartés and Dani Crayne
Pablo Picasso
Humorous Composition. Jaume Sabartés and Josette Arno
Pablo Picasso
Humorous Composition. Jaume Sabartés and Gita Hall May
Pablo Picasso
Humorous Composition. Jaume Sabartés and Esther Williams
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