The Picasso Museum in Malaga will be exhibiting the works of American photographer David Douglas Duncan in an exhibition entitled Picasso at work. Through the lens of David Douglas Duncan from 20 June to 25 September.
David Douglas Duncan, born in 1916 in Kansas City, is one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century, probably best known for his dramatic combat photographs.
He has gained international recognition above all for two lines of work: his war photographs from Korea and Vietnam (he is considered to be the most prominent combat photographer of the Korean War) and his portraits of Pablo Picasso in the Spanish artist’s studio.
Photojournalist Robert Capa introduced Duncan to Pablo Picasso in Mougins, France, in 1956, during one of his stays in Europe. From that day on, and until Picasso’s death in 1973, the pair were united by a close friendship that generated the publication of countless photo reports and seven books that enable spectators to enter the intimate space that the artist reserved for his work, his family and his friends.
Through a selection of Duncan’s portraits from 1956 to 1961, the exhibition focuses particularly on Picasso’s creative processes over this five-year period.
These period prints (approximately 120 photographs) are accompanied by a selection of some 50 original works by Pablo Picasso, pieces that can be easily recognised in David Douglas Duncan’s photographic emulsions.
Picasso Museum
Palacio de Buenavista San Agustín, 8
29015 Málaga
For more details on the David Douglas Duncan exhibition at the Picasso Museum in Malaga, please visit the website: www.museopicassomalaga.org
