This exhibition, whose title alludes to the play of the same name, Pablo Picasso Written in 1941 during the German invasion of France, it brings us closer to this era through photographs of occupied Paris and the liberation, costume designs and preparatory drawings for the theatrical work, editions and manuscripts of the same and works by the Malaga painter with a marked warlike character.

I wanted to catch him by the queue (Desire caught by the tailThis is a key dramatic text of the period in which it was written, not only for its allusions to historical events but also for the cultural context in which it appeared. The reading took place at one of the famous "parties"—as they were originally called in Spanish—at the home of the Leiris brothers. The cast at its performance gives an idea of ​​the importance the work held at the time: Albert Camus directed, while Simone de Beauvoir, Dora Maar, and Jean-Paul Sartre, among others, played various roles.

Commissioners: Juan Manuel Bonet y Carlos Pérez

ORGANIZE
Bancaja Foundation