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)

Pablo Picasso’s 1970 etching, "Les coulisses du tableau: odalisque et peintre," is a surreal composition rendered in dense, energetic lines. A staring male figure, the painter, dominates the right, while an odalisque with an ornate hairstyle leans over a reclining figure. The dates of its creation are inscribed at the bottom right. Picasso created this drypoint at his home in Mougins to demonstrate the steadiness of his hand at age 89 for Edward Quinn's film, "Pablo Picasso l'homme et son oeuvre."

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