Pablo Picasso during of "Le mystère Picasso", documentary. Maya Picasso and Clouzot in the foreground. Nice, Studios de la Victorine, 1955.
From a high-angle perspective, Pablo Picasso is captured at work during the filming of Henri-Georges Clouzot's documentary, "Le mystère Picasso." At the Studios de la Victorine in Nice in 1955, the shirtless artist applies paint to a large canvas depicting a stylized nude. A film crew gathers around a vintage camera focused on him, while Clouzot and Picasso’s daughter, Maya, observe from the foreground. The raw, functional studio space, with cables snaking across the concrete floor, reveals the process of a masterpiece being recorded.
Artworks:
- "Femme nue allongée" or "Grand nu allongé aux bras croisés", 1955. Warncke:525
Abbreviations: see Bibliography
Keywords:
AtWork, Camera, FilmSet, MysterePicasso
Filename:
pic550908.jpg
Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com / © Succession Picasso / 2020, ProLitteris, Zurich
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