Pablo Picasso, Child With Dove (1901), oil on canvas, 54 x 73cm, National Gallery, London.
We’re unexpectedly busy in the office (rubbing your eyes because of the shock), so I’m afraid this has to be brief. We simply love this Picasso: not abstract, just beautiful. It’s also housed at the National Gallery, so go and see it!
If anybody would like to write a more considered response to this painting (it would be most welcome), the comments area is screaming out for your input. TH
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Part of my visual library. I hope it will not leave the country, as seems likely.
Indeed, we need to cling on to it tightly like the girl above – but not too tightly, we don’t want a Lennie Small situation on our hands.