Pablo Picasso working on a bucolic pastoral scene on drawing paper which was to serve as background for the film "Le mystère Picasso" by Henri-Georges Clouzot. Nice, Studios de la Victorine 1955.
A shirtless Pablo Picasso and director Henri-Georges Clouzot lean over a large camera at the Studios de la Victorine in Nice, 1955. With a pipe in his mouth, Clouzot gestures with focused intensity as they collaborate on the film "Le mystère Picasso." In the background is the large, bucolic pastoral scene the artist drew to serve as a set piece for the production.
Artworks:
- "Musicien, nymphe à la chêvre et danseuse au tambourin", 1955. Not in the film. Cooper, D. Picasso et le Théâtre. Paris 1968:402
Abbreviations: see Bibliography
Keywords:
Camera, FilmSet, Music, Musicians, MysterePicasso
Filename:
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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com / © Succession Picasso / 2020, ProLitteris, Zurich
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