Pablo Picasso working in his sculpture studio Le Fournas making a sculpture figure with odds and ends from his scrap heap. 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.

In his Le Fournas studio in Vallauris, 1953, Pablo Picasso works on a sculpture assembled from his scrap heap. The figure’s body is a car muffler, with other odds and ends forming its limbs and head. Photographed in a provisional state, a small, leafy branch stands near its shoulder. Picasso would later replace this branch with a key, giving the finished work its name: "La femme à la clé" ("Woman with a key").

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

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

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Sculptures

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