Pablo Picasso working on the "War and Peace study" drawings on the wall of Chapelle de la Paix (or Temple de la Paix) for the documentary film of Luciano Emmer (left). (The panels of War and Peace of 1952 were away on exhibition). Vallauris 1953.

In the Chapelle de la Paix in Vallauris, 1953, Pablo Picasso works on study drawings for his "War and Peace" mural. Shirtless, with a cigarette in his mouth, he watches documentary filmmaker Luciano Emmer, who leans over a wooden ladder in the background. The session was staged for Emmer’s film, as the original 1952 panels were away on exhibition, requiring Picasso to recreate the bold, black outlines of his stylized figures directly on the chapel wall.

Artworks:

"La guerre et la paix", artwork missing

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

AtWork, Exhibition, PaintingUtensils

Filename:

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