Pablo Picasso working in his sculpture studio Le Fournas making a sculpture figure with odds and ends from his scrap heap. The finished sculpture got the name "La femme à la clé (La Taulière)" ("Woman with a key"). Le Fournas, Vallauris 1953.

In his sculpture studio, Le Fournas, Pablo Picasso intently studies a piece of wood held in his hands. In 1953, he is assembling a new figure from odds and ends retrieved from his scrap heap—a work that will become known as "La femme à la clé" ("Woman with a key"). The cluttered Vallauris workshop is filled with tools, abstract forms, and a sculpted head on a modeling stand, all illuminated by light streaming from a high window.

Artworks:

"La femme à la clé (La Taulière)", 1954. Spies:237
"Tête de femme", 1951. Spies:412
"Petite fille sautant à la corde", 1950. Spies:408.I; MPParis:336.I

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

AtWork, Sculptures

Filename:

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