Image: Guggenheim exhibition image; © Estate of Pablo Picasso / ARS
View source →The Kiss (Le baiser)
Pablo Picasso, 1969
Technical Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
97.2 × 130.2 cm (38.3 × 51.3 in)
Style
Late Style
Decade
1960s
About This Work
Guggenheim’s exhibition record identifies The Kiss (Le baiser) as a 1969 oil-on-canvas work made at Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie in Mougins. The image builds an embrace through forcefully interlocked heads and features, making a private encounter feel immediate and graphic. The revised entry keeps that formal reading while separating this documented work from similarly titled late Picasso paintings.
The direct Guggenheim caption documents the place, date, medium, dimensions, and a private New York collection at the time of the exhibition record. Because this evidence does not establish a current public holding, the catalog now presents the ownership status transparently and removes the former unsupported Musée Picasso claim and public-domain image attribution.
Current Location
Private collection, New York (per Guggenheim exhibition record)
Private Collection — Not publicly accessible
Visit museum website →Valuation & Provenance
2026 Estimated Value
Private collection / market value not asserted
* Estimates are based on comparable auction results and market analysis. Not a formal appraisal.
Last Known Sale
No public auction record — held in permanent museum collection
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