The Owl and Picasso

The Owl and Picasso

Photograph

René Burri

Maker
Swiss, 1933–2014

The Owl and Picasso

1957
Gelatin silver print, printed later
Image: 9 3/8 × 6 3/8 in. (23.8 × 16.2 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0068
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: 9/61 260 THE OWL AND PICASSO is one of the famed painter's \ latest spoofs. Drawn in his studio in Vallauris while photographer \ Rene Burri was visiting, the owl looks out at the world through \ Picasso's eyes, cut by Picasso from a large photograph of himself. \ Credit: Rene Burri © 1961 MAGNUM PHOTOS

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