Picasso tete de taureau

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Tête de taureau

Artiste

Pablo Picasso

Date

1942

Type

ready-made

Format

33.5×43.5x19cm

Localisation

Musée Picasso

Tête de taureau est une œuvre de Pablo Picasso créée en 1942 par l’assemblage d’une selle en cuir et d’un guidon de vélo.Dans ses conversations avec Picasso, Brassaï rapporte que l’artiste lui a expliqué, au sujet de Tête de taureau[1] :

« Devinez comment j’ai fait cette tête de taureau ? Un jour, j’ai trouvé dans un tas d’objets pêle-mêle une vieille selle de vélo juste à côté d’un guidon rouillé de bicyclette… En un éclair ils se sont associés dans mon esprit. . . L’idée de cette tête de taureau m’est venue sans que j’y ai pensé… Je n’ai fait que les souder ensemble… »

La sculpture fait partie des collections permanentes du musée Picasso de Paris[2].

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Perhaps the most influential artist of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso may be best known for pioneering Cubism and fracturing the two-dimensional picture plane in order to convey three-dimensional space. Inspired by African and Iberian art, he also contributed to the rise of Surrealism and Expressionism. Picasso’s sizable oeuvre grew to include over 20,000 paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures,ceramics, theater sets, and costume designs. He painted his most famous work, Guernica (1937), in response to the Spanish Civil War; the totemic grisaille canvas remains a definitive work of anti-war art. At auction, a number of Picasso’s paintings have sold for more than $100 million. The indefatigable artist has been the subject of exhibitions at the world’s most prestigious institutions, from the Museum of Modern Art and Centre Pompidou to the Stedelijk Museum and Tate Modern.

Perhaps the most influential artist of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso may be best known for pioneering Cubism and fracturing the two-dimensional picture plane in order to convey three-dimensional space. Inspired by African and Iberian art, he also contributed to the rise of Surrealism and Expressionism. Picasso’s sizable oeuvre grew to include over 20,000 paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures,ceramics, theater sets, and costume designs. He painted his most famous work, Guernica (1937), in response to the Spanish Civil War; the totemic grisaille canvas remains a definitive work of anti-war art. At auction, a number of Picasso’s paintings have sold for more than $100 million. The indefatigable artist has been the subject of exhibitions at the world’s most prestigious institutions, from the Museum of Modern Art and Centre Pompidou to the Stedelijk Museum and Tate Modern.