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, 1953, Pablo Picasso stands amidst the detritus of creation—scrap metal, stacked bricks, and ceramic forms. Dressed in a wide-necked sweater with a cigarette in his right hand, he thoughtfully contemplates a figure he is assembling from odds and ends, which would become the sculpture "La femme à la clé (La Taulière)." The cluttered workshop is filled with other works, tools, materials, and soft, natural light from high windows.

Artworks:

"La femme à la clé (La Taulière)", 1954. Spies:237
From left: part (woman) of "La femme à la poussette", 1950. Spies:407;
Head of "La chèvre", 1950. Spies:409; MPParis:339.I
"Bouquet de fleurs", 1951. Spies:470.II; MPParis:348
"Tête de femme", 1951. Spies:412

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

AtWork, Sculptures

Filename:

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