Description:Passionately expressive, technically detailed, and beautifully finished in natural white earthenware clay, this is a remarkable piece in excellent condition.
Created in 1956, this ceramic round dish was created from white earthenware clay. Stamped on the reverse, 'Empreinte Originale de Picasso' and 'Madoura plein feu'. The piece also contains the marking 'C. 110' in black on the reverse.
A beautiful and wild faun emerges from the pure white clay in this exquisite work. Complicated and detailed patterns, coupled with the traditional circular dish design, this work reflects the best of Picasso's creative genius and modern style. Georges Bloch stated of Picasso's ceramic works, '…in approach, material and technique is as novel as it is interesting. Pottery, gleaming white discs with relief designs, monochrome or brightly coloured ovals, dishes and even jugs and vases here serve as bearers of compositions whose themes express the joyous, life-loving side of Picasso's work. They are printed from blocks and stamps fashioned by the master over a period of more than twenty years in the Madoura pottery workshop in Vallauris." (Bloch 7)
Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
It is fully documented and referenced in (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that I will enclose with the sale of the work) :
1) Ramié, Alain. Picasso Catalogue of the edited ceramic works 1947-1971. 1988, listed as cat no 318 on pg 319.
2) Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, Catalogue de l'oeuvre grave céramique 1949-1971. Tome III: 1972, listed as cat no 88 on pg 74.
About the Framing:
Conservation framed with archival materials and museum quality, this work is mounted on archival black linen in an ornate and robust gold leaf shadow box frame. The gold tone of the framing in contrast with the black linen, accentuates and enhances the brightness of this work. The sculptural details of overlapping leaves in the framing, compliments the sculptural relief of this piece.
