Pablo Picasso would sometimes squeeze a vase before the clay had hardened, molding it into a representational shape. "To give it life," he once said, "I have to wring its neck." Delighted that he could make the clay respond to any fantasy that passed through his mind, he shaped mythologicat figures such as fauns and satyrs, as well as vases representing graceful women, bulls, goats, fish, and above all, owls and doves. Here Pablo Picasso is working on small bird sculpture, Luciano Emmer film. Madoura pottery, Vallauris 14./15.10.1953.

Pablo Picasso, in a moment of intense concentration, works on a small bird sculpture at the Madoura pottery in Vallauris. Captured in October 1953 during filming for a Luciano Emmer documentary, the artist stands under a single pendant lamp in the rustic workshop. Dressed in a dark sweater and corduroy trousers, he wields a slender tool over the clay form held in his left hand. Picasso delighted that he could make clay respond to any fantasy that passed through his mind, shaping it into mythological figures, animals, and graceful women.

Artworks:

"Colombe", 1953. Matamoros:178

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

AtWork, Ceramics, PaintingUtensils

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