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Sat, 10/16/2010 - 17:09
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Loaned Picasso painting unveiled at Zurich show
TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) -- Pablo Picasso’s “The Painter and His Model” was unveiled Thursday in the presence of Iranian and Swiss cultural figures at the Kunsthaus Zurich show.
The painting has been loaned by the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA) to be put on show at the Kunsthaus exhibition running from October 15, 2010 to January 30, 2011 in Switzerland.
The painting was unveiled a day before the opening day with TMCA curator Mahmud Shaluii and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, grandson of the artist along with several other artists from other countries taking part.
Bernard Ruiz-Picasso expressed his pleasure over seeing the painting and expressed hope that he would be able to travel to Iran someday.
Shaluii also said that Iranian officials are interested in and support art and cultural programs.
Picasso created the 214 x 200cm painting in 1927. The TMCA loaned the “The Painter and His Model” at the request of the Kunsthaus Zurich show.
The Kunsthaus exhibit will also hang some 70 of the major works chosen by Picasso for his retrospective held at the Kunsthaus and curated by the artist himself from September to November of 1932.
The painting has been loaned by the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA) to be put on show at the Kunsthaus exhibition running from October 15, 2010 to January 30, 2011 in Switzerland.
The painting was unveiled a day before the opening day with TMCA curator Mahmud Shaluii and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, grandson of the artist along with several other artists from other countries taking part.
Bernard Ruiz-Picasso expressed his pleasure over seeing the painting and expressed hope that he would be able to travel to Iran someday.
Shaluii also said that Iranian officials are interested in and support art and cultural programs.
Picasso created the 214 x 200cm painting in 1927. The TMCA loaned the “The Painter and His Model” at the request of the Kunsthaus Zurich show.
The Kunsthaus exhibit will also hang some 70 of the major works chosen by Picasso for his retrospective held at the Kunsthaus and curated by the artist himself from September to November of 1932.
