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, aged eighty-nine, works on the etching "Les coulisses du tableau: odalisque et peintre" at his home, Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie in Mougins, 1970. A wide-angle lens captures him at a round table amidst the creative clutter of artworks, books, and eclectic furniture. In the foreground, a cat sleeps on a plaid chaise lounge. This photograph was taken as Edward Quinn filmed the artist, who wished to demonstrate the enduring 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
"Lampe aux perroquets bleus", 1962

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

AtWork, RockingChair

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