Pablo Picasso working on the etching "Les coulisses du tableau: odalisque et peintre", 1970. Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins 1970. This 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)

At his home, Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie in Mougins, Pablo Picasso works intently on the etching "Les coulisses du tableau: odalisque et peintre" in 1970. Seen in profile, the artist is dressed in a red shirt and blue sweater vest, surrounded by the eclectic contents of his studio, including a large painting on an easel and a birdcage. This photograph was taken during the making of Edward Quinn’s film, a sequence in which the eighty-nine-year-old Picasso wished to demonstrate the enduring steadiness of his hand.

Artworks:

"Mousquetaire", 1969. Richardson.2009:91
"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, BirdCage, RockingChair

Filename:

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