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

Shirtless and seated on a wooden crate, Pablo Picasso works at the Studios de la Victorine in Nice during the 1955 filming of "Le mystère Picasso". Hunched in concentration, he uses a brush to render a stylized rooster—one stage in a filmed sequence where a bouquet becomes a fish, then a cock, and finally a faun's head. His supplies, including bottles of ink and two CINZANO ashtrays, rest on a bench nearby, illuminated by a strong, dramatic light.

Artworks:

"Visage", 1955. MPParis:1983.42;

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

AtWork, MysterePicasso, PaintingUtensils

Filename:

pic551092.jpg

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