Something begun as a bouquet has become first a fish, then a cock, and finally the head of a faun. "Le mystère Picasso", Nice, Studios de la Victorine 1955.

A shirtless Pablo Picasso is captured in intense concentration while filming "Le mystère Picasso" at the Studios de la Victorine in Nice, 1955. He paints directly onto a large pane of glass, his subject illuminated from behind. The bold, black silhouette of a faun’s head takes shape—the final transformation of a form that began as a bouquet. Below, on a ledge, Cinzano ashtrays have been repurposed to hold his paints.

Artworks:

"Visage", 1955. MPParis:1983.42;

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

AtWork, MysterePicasso

Filename:

pic551100.jpg

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