Pablo Picasso: Matador Pillowcase Annie Cohen-Solal Inspired by a Halloween costume

Inspired by a Halloween costume worn by his aunt

Peter Regli

Drawing inspiration from influences ranging from Renaissance oil paintings to 1950s pinup photography

and added garish colors and graphic elements that capture the area’s sleazy glamour

Pablo Picasso: Matador Pillowcase Annie Cohen-Solal Inspired by a Halloween costumeThis jacquard weave zippered pillowcase features Pablo Picassos Matador (1970). Born in the southern port of Mlaga in 1881, Picasso was a lifelong aficionado of the drama of the bullfight; matadors, picadors, horses, and bulls were recurring subjects throughout his body of work, from his earliest childhood drawings to some of his final paintings. Created in collaboration with the Picasso Administration, the fabric was woven on jacquard looms by a team