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 creates the ink drawing "Tête de femme." A plume of smoke hangs in the air as he sits before a brightly illuminated surface. For the film, he drew on a translucent sheet of paper stretched over a custom frame, allowing a camera to capture the artwork’s creation from the reverse side as it was being born.
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- "Tête de femme", 1955. MPParis:1983.35
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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com / © Succession Picasso / 2020, ProLitteris, Zurich
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