Lucien Clergue – Picasso, 1956 – Photograph

Fine black and white photography, signed by the artist.

'Picasso' by Lucien Clergue is a 1956 photograph, 30 × 40 cm, capturing Pablo Picasso in a checked shirt, arms crossed, against a darkened studio background. Clergue was a close friend of Picasso's from 1953 onward — a relationship that gave him rare, informal access to the painter in his own environment. Rather than a formal portrait, this image catches Picasso mid-thought, gaze slightly lowered, with canvases barely visible behind him. Clergue, born in Arles in 1934, would go on to co-found the Rencontres d'Arles photography festival and become the first photographer admitted to the Académie des Beaux-Arts — but this early portrait stands as evidence of the personal bonds that shaped his career.

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Lucien Clergue (France, 1934–2014) was a celebrated photographer known for his black-and-white images of nudes, landscapes, and Mediterranean culture. A close friend of Pablo Picasso, his work combined poetic composition with striking contrasts of light and shadow. Clergue was the first photographer elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in France.
Artwork Copyright © Lucien Clergue

Lucien Clergue

Picasso , 1956

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Fine black and white photography, signed by the artist.

'Picasso' by Lucien Clergue is a 1956 photograph, 30 × 40 cm, capturing Pablo Picasso in a checked shirt, arms crossed, against a darkened studio background. Clergue was a close friend of Picasso's from 1953 onward — a relationship that gave him rare, informal access to the painter in his own environment. Rather than a formal portrait, this image catches Picasso mid-thought, gaze slightly lowered, with canvases barely visible behind him. Clergue, born in Arles in 1934, would go on to co-found the Rencontres d'Arles photography festival and become the first photographer admitted to the Académie des Beaux-Arts — but this early portrait stands as evidence of the personal bonds that shaped his career.

Artwork Copyright © Lucien Clergue
Lucien Clergue (France, 1934–2014) was a celebrated photographer known for his black-and-white images of nudes, landscapes, and Mediterranean culture. A close friend of Pablo Picasso, his work combined poetic composition with striking contrasts of light and shadow. Clergue was the first photographer elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in France.
Artwork Copyright © Lucien Clergue
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Lucien Clergue – Picasso, 1956 – Photograph

Lucien Clergue

Picasso , 1956

30 x 40 cm

Est. 2005 — twenty years of collecting, online.