Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
Tête de chèvre de profil. 1952.
Ceramics. White sherd with engobe and color glazing.
With teh embossing stamps "Madoura plein feu" and "Empreinte originale de Picasso" on the stand. From an edition of 100 copies. Diameter: 41.5 cm (16.3 in). [KA].

• Exemplary of the diverse expressive possibilities between painting and sculpture that Picasso finds in his ceramic works.
• The mythological goat becomes a symbol of joie de vivre and playful rebelliousness.
• In the Madoura workshop in Vallauris in the south of France, Picasso discovers new, revolutionary methods of design in the late 1940s.
• Picasso's ceramic works represent a significant part of his overall oeuvre in terms of their scope, variety, and expressiveness.

PROVENANCE: Private collection, France (inherited in 2015).

LITERATURE: Alain Ramié, Picasso. Catalogue of the edited ceramic works 1947-1974, Vallauris 1988, CR no. 152 (illu. in color).

In very good condition.
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