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.

Pablo Picasso, shirtless atop a ladder, works on a large bucolic pastoral scene on drawing paper. Created as a background for the film "Le mystère Picasso," the moment is captured at the Studios de la Victorine in Nice in 1955. While two men steady the ladder, Picasso’s daughter, Maya, stands on a wooden crate to the right, reaching up towards the artist. Strong lighting casts dramatic, elongated shadows of the group and the ladder across the studio space and the artwork itself.

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:

AtWork, Music, Musicians, MysterePicasso

Filename:

pic550035.jpg

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