Pablo Picasso working in his sculpture studio Le Fournas making a sculpture figure with odds and ends from his scrap heap. Here he is adding a branch to the sculpture which 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 cluttered Le Fournas studio in Vallauris, 1953, Pablo Picasso stands in intense concentration before a work-in-progress. Dressed in a knit sweater and wide-legged corduroy trousers, he contemplates adding a branch to the figure, which was assembled from his scrap heap. He would later replace the branch with a key, completing the sculpture and titling it "La femme à la clé (La Taulière)".

Artworks:

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

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

AtWork, Sculptures, pensively

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