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Pablo Picasso: Life and Times

Nearing 80, Picasso Retains an Eye for Beauty

Nearing 80, Picasso Retains an Eye for Beauty

In 1960, the 78-year-old artist meets a young woman at Golfe Juan on the Riviera, near his home in Vallauris, France. His drawings from his seventies often contrast himself as a buffoonish, wizened dwarf opposite a beautiful young woman.

In this photo: Pablo Picasso

Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Jan 01, 1960