Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso

Art Gallery of New South Wales

Saturday 12 November 2011 to Sunday 26 February 2012
The Art Gallery of New South Wales and Art Exhibitions Australia present a landmark exhibition of the work of Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), arguably the most radical and influential artist of the 20th century. The exhibition presents iconic works from virtually every phase of Picasso’s legendary career, documenting the full range of his unceasing inventiveness and creative process.

Drawn from the collection of the Musée National Picasso in Paris – the largest and most important repository of the artist’s work in the world – the exhibition will feature more than 200 extraordinary paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints and photographs. This unprecedented opportunity is possible at this time because the Musée Picasso has recently closed for renovations, allowing a global tour of this full-scale survey to travel for the first and, very likely, the only time.

Artists

Figures at the seashore 1931
© All rights reserved Pablo Picasso 2011 Australia
oil on canvas, 130 x 195 cm Pablo Picasso Bequest, 1979, MP131 © Succession Picasso, 20 I1/Licensed by Viscopy, 2011 © Paris, Reunion des Musees Nationaux/Rene-Gabriel Ojeda © Musee national Picasso, Paris
Portrait of Dora Maar, 1937
© All rights reserved Pablo Picasso 2011 Australia
Collection Musee Picasso, Paris © Sucession Picasso photo © RMN/Jean-Giles Berizzi
Jacqueline with crossed hands 1954
© All rights reserved Pablo Picasso 2011 Australia
oil on canvas, 116 x 88.5 cm Jacqueline Picasso Bequest, 1990, MP1990-26 © Succession Picasso, 20 II/Licensed by Viscopy, 20 II © Paris, Reunion des Musees Nationaux/Jean-Gilles Berizzi © Musee national Picasso, Paris
Large still life on a pedestal table 1931
© All rights reserved Pablo Picasso 2011 Australia
oil on canvas, 195 x 130.5 cm Pablo Picasso Bequest, 1979, MP134 © Succession Picasso, 201l/Licensed by Viscopy, 2011 © Paris, Reunion des Musees Nationaux/Rene-Gabriel Ojeda © Musee national Picasso, Paris
The kiss 1969
© All rights reserved Pablo Picasso 2011 Australia
oil on canvas, 97 x 130 cm Pablo Picasso Bequest, 1979, MP220 © Succession Picasso, 20 lllLicensed by Viscopy, 2011 © Paris, Reunion des Musees Nationaux/Jean-Gilles Berizzi © Musee national Picasso, Paris