Hubertus Hierl (1940) - Porträt Pablo Picasso (7.8.1966)

Pablo Picasso during a bullfight in Fréjus (Southern France - August 7, 1966)

Original photograph - Vintage print (1966) - Artist's proof on AGFA silver gelatin paper (Baryta) - negative number on the back - title - artist's stamp - signed - collector's item!

The photographer Hubertus Hierl was able to photograph Pablo Picasso with his consent at a bullfight in Fréjus (Southern France). The photographs show Picasso in an environment that was one of his major themes throughout his life: bullfighting.
Werner Spies, Picasso expert and former director of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, writes in the book "Picasso at the Bullfight": "Hubertus Hierl's photographs show expectation, tension and fear... they show what Picasso sees and feels."

Provenance: directly from the artist's archive - authenticity is guaranteed.

Literature and illustration:
Picasso at the Bullfight. Photographs by Hubertus Hierl. Text by Werner Spies. DuMont Publishing, Cologne 2002. ISBN 3-8321-7148-7
Picasso in the bullring. Photographs by Hubertus Hierl. Picasso Foundation. Birthplace Museum - Málaga 2006. P. 113. ISBN 978-84-96055-59-0