Pablo Picasso at work during filming of "Le mystère Picasso", documentary. Nice, Studios de la Victorine, 1955.
From a high angle, Pablo Picasso is captured from behind during the filming of the documentary "Le mystère Picasso" at the Studios de la Victorine in Nice, 1955. Bare-chested and in dark shorts, he stands before a cluttered workbench, contemplating a large modernist painting of a reclining female nude. A vintage film camera is prominent in the foreground, its cables winding across the concrete floor, documenting the artist's intimate process of creation within the functional, chaotic workspace.
Artworks:
- "Femme nue allongée" or "Grand nu allongé aux bras croisés", 1955. Warncke:525
Abbreviations: see Bibliography
Keywords:
AtWork, Camera, FilmSet, MysterePicasso
Filename:
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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com / © Succession Picasso / 2020, ProLitteris, Zurich
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