Pablo Picasso portrays a stage in the bullfight when the bullfighter is caught by the horns of the bull. During filming of "Le mystère Picasso". Nice, Studios de la Victorine, 1955.
Pablo Picasso stands in silhouette, contemplating a canvas during the filming of "Le mystère Picasso" at the Studios de la Victorine in Nice, 1955. The artist, deep in shadow, gazes at the brightly lit painting—a dynamic Cubist composition portraying the moment a bullfighter is caught by the horns of the bull. His cluttered studio, with its paint-splattered floor and workbench laden with tools, is captured in stark, high-contrast lighting that casts dramatic shadows throughout the space.
Artworks:
- "Scène de tauromachie (Le torero soulevé)", 1955. Warncke:522
Abbreviations: see Bibliography
Keywords:
AtWork, BullfightArt, MysterePicasso, PaintingUtensils
Filename:
pic550160.jpg
Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com / © Succession Picasso / 2020, ProLitteris, Zurich
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