Pablo Picasso working in his sculpture studio Le Fournas making a sculpture figure with odds and ends from his scrap heap. Here he is collecting a branch to ad to the sculpture. The branch was later replaced by a key. The finished sculpture got the name "La femme à la clé (La Taulière)" ("Woman with a key"). Le Fournas, Vallauris 1953.

Pablo Picasso stands in profile outside his sculpture studio, Le Fournas, in Vallauris, 1953. Dressed in a simple shirt and rolled-cuff trousers, he contemplates a leafy branch for a figure he is assembling from his scrap heap. This branch would later be replaced by a key, giving the finished sculpture its name: "La femme à la clé (La Taulière)." Strong sunlight casts a ladder’s sharp shadow against the rustic wall, emphasizing the varied textures of the stone, foliage, and terracotta roof tiles in the black and white composition.

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"La femme à la clé (La Taulière)", 1954. Spies:237

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