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 in Mougins in 1970, the steady hand of Pablo Picasso is captured in a warm-toned close-up as he works on the etching "Les coulisses du tableau: odalisque et peintre". Gripping a stylus, his hand emerges from a red sleeve to incise intricate, flowing lines onto the dark plate. At eighty-nine years old, the artist asked Quinn to film this process to demonstrate the unwavering precision of his hand.

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

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

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