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," Pablo Picasso creates "Tête de femme" with colored ink at the Studios de la Victorine in Nice. For the film, he drew on translucent paper stretched over a specially constructed frame, allowing a camera on the reverse side to capture the artwork’s creation. The brightly illuminated piece, a reclining figure with distorted, multi-eyed features, is held on an easel in the dark studio. Below the work, various art supplies rest on a wooden stand. 1955.

Artworks:

"Tête de femme", 1955. MPParis:1983.35

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