"La Célestine" where Picasso had to do his signature backwards. "Le mystère Picasso", Nice, Studios de la Victorine 1955.

The painting "La Célestine" in progress during the filming of Henri-Georges Clouzot's "Le mystère Picasso." For the film, Picasso had to sign his name in reverse so it would appear correctly to the camera. Held by simple clamps, the canvas displays expressive, loosely rendered figures in black ink. Below, a workbench is cluttered with the artist’s tools—caked paintbrushes, ink bottles, and stained rags—within the raw setting of the Studios de la Victorine. Nice, 1955.

Artworks:

"La Célestine", 1955. MPParis:1983.33;

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

MysterePicasso, Signature

Filename:

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