Ceramic, polychrome painted and partly glazed
France, 1952
Pablo Picasso (1882-1963) – Spanish painter, graphic artist and sculptor
Inscribed in underglaze black on the base ‘Edition Picasso’, as well as stamped ‘Madoura Plein Feu/Empreinte Originale de Picasso’
Conceived in 1952 and executed in an edition of 100
Catalog raisonné: Ramié 151
Diameter: 41.5 cm
Very good condition
Provenance: Private Collection, Germany
Esmeralda, Picasso’s pet goat, appeared in many of his works; the auction record for a ‘Tête de Chèvre de Profil’ plate is currently set at higher than €63,000

Picasso had drawn and painted many farmyard and pet subjects already with the beginning of the 1950s. He kept his favorite animal, a goat, as a pet. He called her Esmeralda and she appears in many of his ceramic jugs and plates. In his ceramic works he often makes use of the ‘empreinte originale’, a technique that creates the raised lines in the ceramic through carving into the clay casting mold. Picasso created several series of ceramic plates with the goat head as a subject in around 1952. This plate shows the goat’s head in black and white paint and the dark background is adorned with dark blue and light green crosses.



The plate is inscribed in underglaze black on the base ‘Edition Picasso’, as well as stamped ‘Madoura Plein Feu/Empreinte Originale de Picasso’. The plate is in very good condition with minimal glaze abrasions on the rim. On the base are two cork stumps for the support. The plate is 41.5 cm in diameter.



Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

The Spanish painter, graphic artist and sculptor Pablo Picasso created a body of work of about 50,000 paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures and ceramics. He studied at the Royal Academy in Madrid and at the Art Academy in Barcelona, where his father taught. 1901 Picasso had his first exhibition in a gallery in Paris, followed by numerous international exhibitions. The works from his Blue and Rose period, and the establishing of cubism along with Georges Braque were the beginning of his extraordinary artistic career. The painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) is one of the best known works of Picasso. Like his monumental painting Guernica (1937), no other work has marked the art of the 20th century. Two museums, the Museu Picasso in Barcelona and the Musée Picasso in Antibes Picasso's works were for his own lifetime established. Famous for the diversity of its expressions Pablo Picasso is one of the outstanding artists of the 20th century. (tm)

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