Surviving Picasso Page #2

They're thieves.

How much was the wine?

Must be German.

Just change the wine merchants.

You said to bring her straight

in whenever she comes.

Well, she's come.

Ah!

Good afternoon.

But the poor girl is all wet.

Look at this, sabartes.

Her hair is all wet.

Ines, get me a towel.

I must dry it for her.

Soaking wet. Huh.

I had a feeling when I woke up

that you would come today.

It may even have been a dream.

Poor girl comes here

drenched to the skin

and in mortal danger

of catching pneumonia,

the least we can do

is dry her hair for her.

Come with me.

I'll do it for you.

This is Ines.

Hello.

Hello.

Here. Sit down.

You could even have a bath.

Look. Hot water.

No, don't! It's too hot.

How many places in Paris today

where there's hot water?

So come have a bath any time.

Let's see how good I am

at drying you off.

Good?

Better?

You do it.

Hmm.

Well?

Well, what?

You're not angry with me?

No.

If you don't even push me away,

I might get the idea I could

do anything at all with you.

If you were a properly

brought-up young lady,

you would feel insulted.

Here I am, an artist

of some reputation,

and you're an innocent

young girl come to visit,

and what do I do?

I take advantage of you.

I insult you.

I don't feel insulted.

Mmm.

Would you let me do it again?

If... if you like.

No.

No, under such conditions...

What pleasure is there

in seducing anyone?

Oh, is that what's happening?

You're seducing me?

You think you're very

sophisticated, don't you?

But I tell you

you don't know anything.

What you looking at?

Nothing.

Yes, well...

This modern cult of free sex

doesn't interest me at all.

One might as well

go for a haircut

or eat a ham sandwich.

There's nothing serious in it.

So...

Hmm.

Shall we do something serious?

Yes.

Ok.

I'll show you my etchings.

Liberte

liberte

liberte

liberte

liberte

francoise:
After

the liberation of Paris,

Picasso, who was already

a world-famous artist,

also became a hero

of the French resistance...

not that he had

done anything very heroic.

He said, "it wasn't

that I behaved well,

but that others behaved badly."

From the wild west?

No, I'm from New York.

My mother got that

in Times Square.

Francoise:
Picasso's

secretary sabartes

claimed that after the war,

tourists only came to Europe

to see the pope, Pompeii,

and Pablo Picasso.

Soldier:
Careful, Pablo.

Photographer:
Cheese.

Soldier:
Yee-hee! All right!

Francoise:
Meanwhile,

I was having my own liberation.

For the last few years

I'd been wanting

to give up my studies

and just paint full time,

but I hadn't dared

mention this to my father.

Not till I met Picasso.

My father had worked hard

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