Picasso and Lump : A Dachshund's Odyssey
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Book Description
One spring morning in 1957, veteran photojournalist David Douglas Duncan paid a visit to his friend and frequent photographic subject Pablo Picasso, at the artists villa near Cannes. Traveling with Duncan was his pet dachshund, Lump. The photographers nomadic lifestyle and his other doga giant Afghan houndhad never suited the jealous and temperamental Lump. So when they arrived at Picassos Villa La Californie that spring day, Lump decided that he had found his paradise on earth, and that he would take up permanent residence with Picasso. Lump was soon immortalized in a Picasso portrait painted on a plate, but this was just the beginning. In a suite of 45 paintings reinterpreting Velsquezs masterpiece Las Meninas, Picasso replaced the impressive hound in the foreground with jaunty renderings of Lump. Fifteen of the paintings are reproduced here, bringing full circle the odyssey of a fortunate dachshund who found his way from reluctant road warrior to furry and elongated icon of modern art.
About the Author
AUTHORBIO: David Douglas Duncan was an acclaimed combat photographer for LIFE magazine for much of his life. He lives in Mouans-Sartoux, France.
Picasso & Lump: A Dachshund's Odyssey,David Douglas Duncan,Paloma Picasso Thevenet,Bulfinch,0821258109,1881-1973,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Dachshunds,Dogs - General,European,History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945),Individual Artist,Modern Art,Pets,Picasso, Pablo,,Pictorial works,Art / General
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