Description

Painted by Picasso in Jean-les-Pins in the summer of 1924. The painting belongs to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.

Neither this poster nor its motif have been reproduced on other posters.

The painting reproduced on the poster corresponds to “those prodigious still lifes in which cubism and realism unite and interpenetrate”. These are works that “exude great joy and seem to represent a period of harmony and well-being in his life. The objects represented reveal their forms and meaning, with great euphoria and simplicity, and the colours in all their fullness”.

It is an interior scene in which doors and windows open onto great luminosity, the sea and the sky. Two beautiful instruments, a mandolin and a guitar, are placed on a table covered with a rich tablecloth. These sensual and attractive objects are placed together with a plate of tempting fruit and a bottle of wine. The combination reflects love, pleasure and happiness.

The painting has earned special praise among all of Picasso’s works.