Pablo Picasso working on a bucolic pastoral scene on drawing paper which was to serve as background for the film "Le mystère Picasso". Maya Picasso on the right. Nice, Studios de la Victorine 1955.

At the Studios de la Victorine in Nice, 1955, a shirtless Pablo Picasso stands on a tall ladder, drawing a bucolic pastoral scene onto a massive sheet of paper. This work, characterized by fluid, continuous lines, was created as a background for the film "Le mystère Picasso." Below, his daughter Maya Picasso observes from atop a wooden crate, while assistants contribute to the large-scale artistic effort in the rustic studio space.

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Artworks:

"Musicien, nymphe à la chêvre et danseuse au tambourin", 1955. Not in the film. Cooper, D. Picasso et le Théâtre. Paris 1968:402

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Keywords:

AtWork, Music, Musicians, MysterePicasso, StripedShirt

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