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 assembles a sculpture from odds and ends found on his scrap heap. Captured from a high angle, the figure lies on the dusty brick floor, its body a rough cylinder with broken stone for shoulders and a blocky head of stacked pieces. The splayed branch seen nearby was a provisional element, later replaced by a key to complete the work known as "La femme à la clé (La Taulière)." The gritty, textural environment reveals the artist's transformative process.

Artworks:

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

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

AtWork, Sculptures

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