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.

At the Studios de la Victorine in Nice, Pablo Picasso works on "Tête de femme" for the 1955 film "Le mystère Picasso." He drew with colored ink on translucent paper stretched across a specially constructed, backlit frame, a method that allowed the camera to film the artwork’s birth from the reverse side. Seen in profile, the artist is intensely focused, his brush applying a bold line to the cubist-style face, which is dramatically illuminated against the surrounding darkness. In the foreground, a cluttered table holds jars of ink, completing the intimate scene of creation.

Artworks:

"Tête de femme", 1955. MPParis:1983.35

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

AtWork, MysterePicasso

Filename:

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