Auction announcements
19th February 2016
Lot 16: The lot has a new starting price: $5,000.

Partially glazed and painted ceramic vase
France, 1955
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) – Spanish Cubist painter and printmaker
Stamped, marked and numbered ‘Madoura Plein Feu / Edition Picasso / Edition Picasso’ on the underside
From the edition of 200
Ramié 299
Dimensions (height): 13 ¾ in. (35 cm.)
Very good condition
Estimate $25,000

This elegantly decorated vase is anthropomorphic in both shape and subject. Depicting a female form, curved and feminine, Picasso delicately paints her face surrounded by decorative details. Inspired by traditional utilitarian vase designs from the South of France, Picasso injects a playful spirit through a circle handle interwoven into the neck of the vase. With perfectly achieved balance, the result is both an artistic and technical achievement.

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)

A prolific and tireless innovator of art forms, Pablo Picasso impacted the course of 20th-century art with unparalleled magnitude. Inspired by Primitivism and developments in the world around him, Picasso contributed significantly to a number of artistic movements, notably Cubism, Surrealism, Neoclassicism, and Expressionism. Along with Georges Braque, Picasso is best known for pioneering Cubism in an attempt to reconcile three-dimensional space with the two-dimensional picture plane. Picasso’s sizable oeuvre includes over 50,000 paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, theater sets, and costume designs.

Condition

In excellent condition.

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