Collection Musée Picasso

pablo picasso, 1918, portrait d olga dans un fauteuil (olga in armchair), oil on canvas, 130 × 88.8 cm

in 1968, france created law permitted heirs pay inheritance taxes works of art instead of money, long art considered important contribution french cultural heritage. known dation, , allowable in exceptional circumstances. dominique bozo, curator of national museums, selected works become dation picasso. selection reviewed jean leymarie , ratified in 1979. contained work picasso in techniques , periods, , rare in terms of excellent collection of sculptures. upon jacqueline picasso s death in 1986, daughter offered pay inheritance taxes new dation. collection has acquired number of works through purchases , gifts.

stair hall (escalier d honneur) of hôtel salé

picasso once said greatest collector of picassos in world. had amassed enormous collection of own work time of death in 1973, ranging sketchbooks finished masterpieces. musée picasso has on 5,000 works of art picasso including 3,700 works on paper, ceramics, sculptures in wood , metal, , paintings. complemented picasso s own personal art collection of works other artists, including cézanne, degas, rousseau, seurat, de chirico , matisse. contains iberian bronzes , collection of african art, picasso inspired. museum contains large number of works picasso painted after seventieth birthday.

presentation of works

the museum has made effort present works cartoonists mocked or caricatured picasso s work 1950s. there few rooms thematic presentations, museum largely follows chronological sequence, displaying painting, drawings, sculptures , prints. other items include photographs, manuscripts, newspaper clippings , photographs provide additional contextual information.

the second floor has special area set aside temporary exhibitions , prints. third floor contains library, documentation , archives department (reserved research), , curator s offices.