Pablo Picasso and Henri-Georges Clouzot. During filming of "Le mystère Picasso", documentary. Nice, Studios de la Victorine, 1955.
Shirtless and seen from behind, Pablo Picasso works on a large canvas depicting a reclining nude. Director Henri-Georges Clouzot, in a striped shirt, observes from a director's chair as a film camera records the act of creation for the documentary 'Le mystère Picasso'. The photograph captures this behind-the-scenes moment in the raw, brightly lit space of the Studios de la Victorine in Nice, 1955.
Artworks:
- "Femme nue allongée" or "Grand nu allongé aux bras croisés", 1955. Warncke:525
Abbreviations: see Bibliography
Keywords:
AtWork, Camera, FilmSet, MysterePicasso
Filename:
pic550918.jpg
Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com / © Succession Picasso / 2020, ProLitteris, Zurich
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