During filming of "Le mystère Picasso". Pablo Picasso working on "Nature morte". Pablo Picasso had a frame constructed on which he could stretch a transluscent piece of paper. He drew on one side, and the camera filmed the drawing being born from the other side. Nice, Studios de la Victorine 1955.

During the 1955 filming of "Le mystère Picasso" in Nice, Pablo Picasso is captured in a moment of intense creative absorption. Shirtless, his face etched with concentration, he leans forward to apply bold, black ink to a brightly lit, translucent surface. For the film, Picasso devised a special frame for his paper, allowing a camera to film the birth of the artwork—in this case, "Nature morte"—from the reverse. The dramatic lighting isolates the artist and his work from the surrounding shadows of the Studios de la Victorine.

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Artworks:

"Nature morte", 1955. MPParis:1983.24

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Keywords:

AtWork, MysterePicasso, PicassoPortrait

Filename:

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