Atelier Picasso

The true story of a tailor who became the friend and collector of Picasso, Miró and other artists along the Cotê d’Azur

This graphic novel is the true story of the Spanish artist’s tailor Michele Sapone. Settling in Nice after the war, Sapone enjoyed a fraternal relationship with Picasso, Giacometti and Hartung, trading tailor-made clothes for artworks. As Sapone himself proudly declared: “I never accepted a penny from a painter.”