Pablo Picasso. 'Bull.' c. 1958. The Museum of Modern Art, New York © 2015 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. All photos courtesy of the Modern Museum of Art
This is the first time they've all been comprehensively put together, and it will likely be the last of such an exhibition in our lifetime. —Anne Umland, MoMA curator
Pablo Picasso. 'Chair.' 1961. Musée national Picasso–Paris © 2015 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Once he learned the rules, of course, he immediately tried to figure out ways to break them. —Umland
Pablo Picasso. 'Glass of Absinthe.' Spring 1914. The Museum of Modern Art, New York © 2015 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Pablo Picasso. 'Guitar.' 1924. Musée national Picasso–Paris © 2015 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Pablo Picasso. 'Flowery Watering Can.' 1951–52. Musée national Picasso–Paris © 2015 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Pablo Picasso. 'Woman in the Garden.' Spring 1929–30. Musée national Picasso–Paris © 2015 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
There's a crane with a spigot for a head, there's a little girl jumping rope with a wicker basket for a chest. Only the rope touches the ground. ("Picasso dreamed of a floating sculpture," noted Umland. "This is as close as he got.")And then there are the bathers—six large wooden figures, Picasso's only multi-figurative piece made of disparate pieces of wooden, all slightly tanned and faceted in body. I wandered around them, wishing that I too were at a beach, noticing that one even had a panel hammered in his backside, with an etch for a butt-crack."Even at 75," said Temkin, "Picasso was just having fun with wood, hammer, and nails, making sculptures that were bigger than he was."Picasso's final sculpture was the large abstract face that sits in Chicago. Supposedly he was offered $100,000 dollars for the commission. Picasso famously turned it down."It's a gift," he said. "For the people of Chicago, for everyone."Follow Michael on Twitter.Picasso Sculpture is on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York through February 7, 2016.On VICE News: This Elderly French Couple Will Have to Return 271 Stolen Picasso Artworks They Kept In Their Garage
