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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. - Photo by Edward Quinn

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.

With a pensive expression, Pablo Picasso stands in his rustic sculpture studio, Le Fournas, assembling a figure from odds and ends found on his scrap heap. Dressed in a knit sweater and wide corduroy trousers, he is creating the sculpture that would be named "La femme à la clé (La Taulière)". Vallauris, 1953.

Artworks:

  • "La femme à la clé (La Taulière)", 1954. Spies:237
  • "L'arrosoir fleuri", 1951/1952. MPParis:329; Spies:239

    • Abbreviations: see Bibliography

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AtWork, Sculptures

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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com / © Succession Picasso / 2020, ProLitteris, Zurich
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