EXHIBITION
PABLO PICASSO, HEAD OF A WOMAN, MOUGINS, 4 DECEMBER 1962 PENCIL ON CUT AND FOLDED WOVE PAPER, 42 X 26.5 CM MUSÉE NATIONAL PICASSO-PARIS. PABLO PICASSO GIFT IN LIEU, 1979. MP1850 PHOTO © RMN-GRAND PALAIS (MUSÉE NATIONAL PICASSO-PARIS) / BÉATRICE HATALA © SUCCESSION PICASSO/DACS 2019
Picasso was a tireless experimenter, and a new exhibition at London’s Royal Academy looks at the part that paper played in his 80-year artistic career. Inventive collages, paper cut-outs and studies for legendary works such as Les Demoiselles d’Avignon are among 300 of his works on show.