Pablo Picasso: Drawing Inspiration
– From the Collection of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

9 April – 19 June 2022
Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art

 

The art gallery located near Shimbashi station, Tokyo, is currently hosting a solo exhibition devoted to Picasso, featuring a selection of his works lent by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

What not to miss at “Pablo Picasso: Drawing Inspiration”

◆ Picasso works from the Israel Museum, Jerusalem

The show traces the trajectory of Picasso’s career through a total of about 130 works by the master, from his blue and rose periods, Cubism, Neoclassicism, the war periods through the later year.

Pablo Picasso
《Sitting Woman》
1949
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Gift of Alex Maguy, Paris
Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem by Elie Posner
© 2022 Succession Pablo Picasso BCF (JAPAN)

Pablo Picasso
《Fauns and a Goat》
1959
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Gift of Georges Bloch, Zurich
Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
© 2022 Succession Pablo Picasso BCF (JAPAN)

 
Among Picasso’s prints on view are the Saltimbanques Suite covering “The Frugal Repat”; the Vollard Suite; the Suite 347; and also “The Dream and Lie of Franco I and II”.

◆ Pablo Picasso’s muses

The thread that connects this show’s treasures – prints, drawings and paintings – is Picasso’s drawing inspiration, notably his muses (Dora Maar, Françoise Gilot and Jacqueline Roque).

Installation view: Pablo Picasso: Drawing Inspiration – From the Collection of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Installation view: Pablo Picasso: Drawing Inspiration – From the Collection of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem