Pablo Picasso working on the etching "Les coulisses du tableau: odalisque et peintre", 1970. Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins 1970.T his photo sequence was made during the making of Quinn’s film "Pablo Picasso l' homme et son oeuvre". "When Pablo Picasso was eighty-nine he asked Quinn to film him making a drypoint in order to demonstrate the steadiness of his hand". (Quinn in conversation with Marilyn McCully 1983)

Deeply engrossed at his home, Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie in Mougins, Pablo Picasso works on the etching "Les coulisses du tableau: odalisque et peintre" in 1970. Hunched in concentration, the artist carves intricate lines into the plate, wearing a red shirt and blue sweater vest. This sequence was filmed by Edward Quinn at the request of the eighty-nine-year-old Picasso, who wished to demonstrate the remarkable steadiness of his hand for the film "Pablo Picasso l'homme et son oeuvre".

Artworks:

"Suite 156 L003. Les coulisses du tableau: odalisque et peintre", 1970. Bloch.IV:1858; Geiser/Baer:1893.IX Ba.
Hakone:107

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

AtWork, Books

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