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, in Vallauris, Pablo Picasso is captured at work in 1953. Dressed in a heavy-knit sweater, he is bent over, intently examining a small, spool-shaped object held in his hands. On the floor before him rests the main body of a sculpture he is creating from odds and ends found on his scrap heap. The assemblage, with its curved, bottle-like form, would become the finished work known as "La femme à la clé (La Taulière)" ("Woman with a key").

Artworks:

"La femme à la clé (La Taulière)", 1954. Spies:237
"Bouquet de fleurs", 1951. Spies:470.II; MPParis:348

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

AtWork, Sculptures

Filename:

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