Hubertus Hierl (1940) - Pablo Picasso während eines Stierkampfes in Fréjus

ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH - Vintage (1966) - Artist's print on silver gelatin paper (baryta) - Excellent condition. - Artist's stamp on the reverse, with inscription in pencil: image number, title, location and year of photograph - Hand-signed - COLLECTOR'S ITEM
Photographer Hubertus Hierl (born 1940) was able to photograph Pablo Picasso, with his consent, during a bullfight in Fréjus (southern France – August 7, 1966). A stroke of luck! The photographs show Picasso in an environment that was one of his major themes throughout his life: bullfighting. The complete series comprises over 100 photographs of Picasso and is the last comprehensive public documentation of him.
Werner Spies, Picasso expert and former director of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, writes in the book "Picasso at the Bullfight": "The photographs by Hubertus Hierl show anticipation, tension and fear... they show what Picasso sees and feels."

Literature and Illustration
Picasso at the bullfight. Photographs by Hubertus Hierl. Text by Werner Spies. Cologne 2002
Picasso in the Plaza de Toros. Photographs by Hubertus Hierl. Picasso Foundation. Museo Casa Natal - Málaga 2006

Provenance: directly from the artist's archive — authenticity is guaranteed