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" in Nice in 1955, Pablo Picasso works on "Tête de femme." Seen in profile, he applies ink to a translucent surface stretched on a special frame, a technique that allowed a camera on the opposite side to film the drawing as it was created. The dimly lit studio, with its foreground of ink bottles, brushes, and a smoking ashtray, offers a stark, intimate portrait of the artist’s creative process.

Artworks:

"Tête de femme", 1955. MPParis:1983.35

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

AtWork, MysterePicasso

Filename:

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