Picasso in dialogue with the Iberian holdings of the LouvreAlthough he spent most of his adult life in France painter Pablo Picasso 18811973 never denied the artistic influence that his upbringing in Spain imparted upon him. Of particular significance was the art and culture of the Iberian Peninsula where he had been born and later lived as a young man though it was likely that his first real encounter with Iberian art took place at the Louvre in France.This volume accompanies a curatorial collaboration between the Centro Botn in Spain and the Muse PicassoParis in France that explores Picassos relationship with Iberian art on an unprecedented scale. The book demonstrates this rich connection by comparing works by Picasso with masterpieces from the Louvres Iberian collection and major Spanish archaeological museums.