Pablo Picasso working on a bucolic pastoral scene on drawing paper which was to serve as background for the film "Le mystère Picasso". Maya Picasso on the right. Nice, Studios de la Victorine 1955.
At the Studios de la Victorine in Nice, Pablo Picasso works high on a ladder, creating a bucolic pastoral scene on an immense sheet of paper. The drawing, featuring bold and abstract figures, was created as a background for the film "Le mystère Picasso". Below, his daughter Maya stands on a crate to offer a tray of materials, while two other men observe the artist at work, 1955.
Artworks:
- "Musicien, nymphe à la chêvre et danseuse au tambourin", 1955. Not in the film. Cooper, D. Picasso et le Théâtre. Paris 1968:402
Abbreviations: see Bibliography
Keywords:
AtWork, Music, Musicians, MysterePicasso, StripedShirt
Filename:
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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com / © Succession Picasso / 2020, ProLitteris, Zurich
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