Pablo Picasso: Matador Pillowcase Annie Cohen-Solal Meleko Mokgosi

Meleko Mokgosi

His life and work were documented by many of the century’s most influential photographers and his image has became an international icon

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

Inspired by a Halloween costume worn by his aunt

which included the suite of works on paper Five Day Wait at Jiayuguan (1980)

Pablo Picasso: Matador Pillowcase Annie Cohen-Solal Meleko MokgosiThis 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