Otero Photographic Archive
The Argentinian journalist, writer and photographer Roberto Otero (1931-2004) was introduced to Pablo Picasso by mutual acquaintances and they remained close friends from 1960 until the artist’s final years. Roberto Otero was an inside observer of the artist’s mature period full of energy and good humour.
These photos are a small sample of the Fondo Roberto Otero, acquired by Museo Picasso Málaga in 2005. The entire archive, comprises of more than 1,500 images, documents, notebooks and correspondence is available to scholars and researchers in our Library. Vegap manages the copyright of these selection of images.

PABLO PICASSO AND ROBERTO OTERO IN THE LIVING ROOM AT NOTRE-DAME-DE-VIE
Mougins, August 1966

PICASSO NEXT TO EDWARD STEICHEN
Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins, 6th August 1966

VIEW OF THE SCULPTURE ROOM IN NOTRE-DAME-DE-VIE
Mougins, 6th August 1966

PABLO PICASSO WITH DANIEL-HENRY KAHNWEILER
Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins, 1964

PICASSO DEDICATING A BOOK
Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins, 16th June 1967

PICASSO IN VAUVENARGUES
Vauvenargues, between 1960 and 1972

COURTYARD OF THE ENTRANCE TO NOTRE-DAME-DE-VIE
Mougins, 1964-1972

PICASSO NEXT TO THE PAINTER (1964)
Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins, 1964


SCULPTURES AND WORK TABLE IN THE STUDIO AT LA CALIFORNIE
Cannes, 1960-1972
PICASSO RETOUCHING HIS CANVAS THE LOVERS (1919)
Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins, 4th October 1966

PICASSO WITH HIS WORK HEAD (1934)
La Californie, Cannes, 1961

PICASSO WORKING ON THE PROJECT THE CHICAGO PICASSO
Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins, August 1966

SCULPTURE ROOM AT NOTRE-DAME-DE-VIE
Mougins, 1964-1972

PICASSO IN A CHRISTIAN ZERVOS PHOTO SESSION
Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins, 1968-1969

PABLO AND JACQUELINE PICASSO IN THE SCULPTURE ROOM
Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins, October 1966

SCULPTURES BY PICASSO IN THE GARDEN OF LA CALIFORNIE
Cannes, 1960-1972

WORK TABLE
Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins, 1964-1972