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Mougins, Hotel "Vaste Horizon", August 7, 19371 postcard (120 x 160 mm) from the Facteur Cheval's palace in Hauterives, addressed to "Mr. Man Ray, 49 rue Denfert-Rochereau, Paris XIVe", signed by Pablo Picasso, Dora Maar, Paul, Nusch and Cécile Éluard, - then aged 19.[the other visuals are given as illustrations of this summer of 1937 and these prints are not for sale.]Un été à la Garoupe: an exceptional account of the summer of '37, in Mougins, where the Eluard and Picasso couple were waiting for the Man Ray- Ady Fidelin couple. It's Monday, July 26, 1937: the departure date for Picasso and Dora Maa, who take their friends on the road to the Côte d'Azur: aboard the imposing Hispano-Suiza driven by Marcel, his personal chauffeur, we find Paul Éluard, his daughter Cécile and his wife, Nusch.
Picasso is coming off a fruitful and historic peruide: he has just completed Guernica, in his studio at 7, rue des Grands-Augustins. For the first time, Picasso painted in the presence of an observer: Dora… Read More