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.
In the Madoura pottery workshop in Vallauris, a focused Pablo Picasso works on a small bird sculpture in October 1953. Captured during the filming of a documentary by Luciano Emmer, the artist holds a piece of clay and a modeling tool. He stands amid shelves laden with his ceramic creations, his contemplative expression highlighted by the dramatic lighting of the studio.
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- "Colombe", 1953. Matamoros:178
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