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Picasso: Where Photographs Meet Art

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Picasso was best-known for his paintings--but photographs of him reveal unseen parts of his life, his passions, and key inspirations.

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© 2014 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS),New York. Photo: Eric Baudouin. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery.
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France, 1932. Modern print from original negative 5/8 x 2 3/4 inches (11.7 x 6.9 cm) archives of Olga Ruiz-Picasso. Photographer unknown.

© Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte (FABA). Courtesy Archives Olga Ruiz-Picasso and Gagosian Gallery.
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Oil on canvas 28 3/4 x 36 1/4 inches (73 x 92 cm) Private Collection

© 2014 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS),New York. Photo: Eric Baudouin. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery.
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Portrait d’Olga dans l’atelier de l’artiste 22, avenue Victor-Hugo November 1917 (Montrouge), Musée Picasso, Paris

© 2014 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS),New York. Photo: Eric Baudouin. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery.
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Oil on canvas 12 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches (32.5 x 24 cm) Private Collection

© 2014 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS),New York. Photo: Marc Domage. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery.
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Gelatin silver print 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (17.2 x 11.9 cm) Private Collection

Artwork © 2014 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS),New York. Photo: Maurice Aeschimann. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery.
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