Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
Wood-owl. 1968.
Ceramics. White sherd with engobe painting, scratch decor and partly brushed glazing.
Foot with the scratched number and the inscriptions "Edition Picasso" and "Madoura",, as well as with the embossing stamps "Madoura Plein Feu" and "Edition Picasso". Copy 74/500. 30 x 15 x 22.5 cm (11.8 x 5.9 x 8.8 in).
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• The owl motif, so familiar from Picasso's work, in a particularly beautiful design.
• Picasso once cared for an injured owl, which inspired him to create numerous motifs.
• In terms of their scope, variety, and expressiveness, ceramics represent a significant part of his overall oeuvre.
• In private ownership for more than 50 years.

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Saarland.

LITERATURE: Alain Ramié, Picasso. Catalogue of the edited ceramic works 1947-1974, Vallauris 1988, CR no. 543 (illu. in color, different copy).


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