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

Pablo Picasso, shirtless and in dark shorts, works on a large-scale pastoral scene at the Studios de la Victorine in Nice, 1955. The drawing was created on paper to serve as a background for the film "Le mystère Picasso." Standing to the right of a paint-splattered A-frame ladder, Picasso sketches a stylized face while an assistant works at his left. Strong side lighting casts dramatic shadows, overlapping the artwork with the ladder's prominent grid-like form and emphasizing the focused, collaborative energy of the moment.

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:

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