During filming of "Le mystère Picasso". Pablo Picasso working on "Tête de femme" with colored ink. He 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 filming of "Le mystère Picasso" at the Studios de la Victorine in Nice, 1955, Pablo Picasso works on "Tête de femme." Dressed casually in a tank top and shorts, he is seated in profile, deeply engrossed. For the film, a frame was constructed to hold a translucent surface, on which he drew with colored ink. A camera filmed from the other side, capturing the birth of the drawing. Lit from behind, the artwork illuminates the artist and the surrounding tools of his trade—jars of ink, brushes, and a Cinzano ashtray—in the otherwise dim studio.

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Artworks:

"Tête de femme", 1955. MPParis:1983.35

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

AtWork, MysterePicasso, pensively

Filename:

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