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PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973
Málaga 1881-1973 Mougins (Spanish)
Title: Bullfighting Scene / Scène de tauromachie, 1954
Technique: Original Painted and Partially Glazed Ceramic Earthenware Bowl
Size: 17.5 cm / 6.9 in diameter
Additional Information: This is an original ceramic bowl realised by Pablo Picasso.
It is painted and and partially glazed earthenware bowl.
The work is stamped 'Madoura Plein Feu/Empreinte Originale de Picasso' underneath.
It is dated '21.11.54' in the upper right part.
It was conceived on 21 November 1954 in Vallauris and executed in a limited edition of 100 pieces.
Picasso used for this work a round cup with white earthenware. The engraving was underlined with oxidized paraffin in covered bath. Beneath black enamel. Ivory, brown, green, black, bronze
Picasso created many ceramic pieces between 1947-1971, some of which (like ours) were produced in limited numbers and with exclusive rights by Madoura Pottery in Vallauris, where Suzanne and Georges Ramié welcomed him in July 1946.
Picasso tackled ceramics with his genius and prodigious creative imagination, under the close initiation of Suzanne Ramié who provided him with her vast knowledge of the tricks of the craft.
Then it came to pass that after an intense period of work, he sought the ability to repeat certain of his works.
It was then essential to transpose into ceramic reality the method already put into practice in graphic art, but for this new application, the basis of the graphic design originated from very different principles.
This particular difficulty was solved by adopting two methods, whose various techniques were carefully examined:
1st: the authentic replica of an original by exact repeating of volumes and illuminations.
2nd: the transfer from an original subject engraved on a hardened plaster matrix, by applying a fresh sheet to take clay impression.
This second method, called "Empreinte Originale de Picasso", is authenticated by a stamp engraved on the reverse side of each piece.
These two methods combined are commonly called Ceramic editions of Picasso.
In both cases, pieces so edited are certified by an edition monogram or a graphic sign that appears on the reverse side, neck or base; and for some of them by the piece number within a production series.
Literature: Ramié, Alain, 1988, Picasso, Catalogue of the Edited Ceramic Works 1947-1971, Madoura.
A. Ramié no.238 (another version illustrated p.127)
Condition: Very good condition.
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