Pablo Picasso during filming of "Le mystère Picasso", documentary. Nice, Studios de la Victorine, 1955.
In the Studios de la Victorine in Nice, Pablo Picasso is captured behind the scenes during the 1955 filming of the documentary "Le mystère Picasso". Shirtless, he peers through the viewfinder of a large film camera, focusing on one of his paintings—a reclining female nude rendered in his distinctive modernist style. As he works, another man leans in to observe the creative process in the functional studio setting, while the top of a third person's head is visible in the immediate foreground.
Artworks:
- "Femme nue allongée" or "Grand nu allongé aux bras croisés", 1955. Warncke:525
Abbreviations: see Bibliography
Keywords:
AtWork, Camera, FilmSet, MysterePicasso
Filename:
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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com / © Succession Picasso / 2020, ProLitteris, Zurich
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