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ANDRE VILLERS Signed Photograph Pablo Picasso

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ANDRE VILLERS Signed Photograph Pablo Picasso
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ANDRE VILLERS, b 1930
Beaucourt, 1930 (French)

Title: Picasso Working on the Fresco for the film by Luciano Emmer, ca 1953

Technique: Hand Signed and Stamped Resin coated Silver gelatin print

Size: 61 x 50.6 cm / 24 x 19.9 in

Additional information: This work is hand signed by the photographer "A.Villers" at the lower left corner.
This print bears the Andre Villers stamp at the verso. It was printed by the photographer in circa 1985.
This photograph shows Picasso working on the War and Peace murals of the Chapel de Vallauris. He was painting these in the studio while the space was being prepared. Picasso took Luciano Emmer's crew (who was preparing a documentary about him at the time) to the chapel where the curved vaulting was covered with white boards ready for the installation of the paintings. And then he began to sketch in charcoal on the boards.

Condition: Very Good Condition.