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.

Pablo Picasso at work on "Tête de femme" during the filming of "Le mystère Picasso" at the Studios de la Victorine in Nice, 1955. For the film, a special frame was constructed with a translucent surface, allowing Picasso to draw on one side with colored inks while a camera captured the work’s creation from the other. The starkly lit setup reveals the abstract line drawing on its support, with a cluttered shelf below holding ink bottles, Cinzano tins, and various tools of his trade.

Artworks:

"Tête de femme", 1955. MPParis:1983.35

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

Camera, FilmSet, MysterePicasso

Filename:

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