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)

Pablo Picasso looks directly at the camera from his bentwood rocking chair at Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie in Mougins, 1970. Wearing a blue sweater vest over a red shirt and patterned trousers, he takes a brief pause during a session filmed by Edward Quinn. At Picasso's request, Quinn was documenting the 89-year-old artist creating a drypoint etching to demonstrate the enduring steadiness of his hand. In the background, a colorful abstract painting rests near a window, alongside another rocking chair and a vintage television set.

Artworks:

"Suite 156 L003. Les coulisses du tableau: odalisque et peintre", 1970. Bloch.IV:1858; Geiser/Baer:1893.IX Ba.
Hakone:107
"Mousquetaire", 1969. Richardson.2009:91

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

AtWork, RockingChair

Filename:

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