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| Artiste: | Picasso, Pablo (1881 - 1973) |
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| Titre: | Face with Hands, 1956 |
| Référence: | Ramié 321 |
| Moyen: | Céramique |
| Taille d'image: | DIAMETER: 16 7/8 in (42.9 cm) |
| Taille encadrée: | 26 1/2 in x 26 1/2 in (67.3 cm x 67.3 cm) |
| Edition: | Inscribed on the underside of the dish "'MADOURA PLEIN FEU'| 'EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO' | C109." Hand-numbered in black glaze on the underside of the dish out of the total edition of 100. |
| Condition: | This work is in excellent condition |
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One of his most joyful ceramic faces, this piece welcomes us in with open arms. Picasso utilizes imagery reminiscent of the sun and the earth to create a piece that emanates with a sense of warmth and abundance. |
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| Description historique: | |
| This whimsical face relays a light-hearted, childlike sentiment. Picasso (Malaga,
1881- Mougins, 1973) utilizes texture rather than color to convey a sense of
depth and movement within the piece. The smiling face, set against a criss-crossed
background, appears as a sun with rays shining out towards the dish's borders.
Two tiny hands welcome the viewer in with open arms while delicate wheat stalks
dance around the edges. Through his depiction of symbols reminiscent of the
sun and the earth, perhaps Picasso intended this piece to represent a bountiful
harvest. Picasso created a number of faces for a series of ceramic plates and
this piece, in particular, stands out as one of his more cheerful and exuberant
works.
Created in 1956, this original Madoura dish is hand crafted of white, earthenware clay. The inscription on the underside of the plate reads, 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' | 'EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO' | C109." Documented and Illustrated in:
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| Style: | Surrealism, 20th Century Modern Surrealist Spanish Master |
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La biographie de Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
"Yet Cubism and Modern art weren't either scientific or intellectual; they were visual and came from the eye and mind of one of the greatest geniuses in art history. Pablo Picasso, born in Spain, was a child prodigy who was recognized as such by his art-teacher father, who ably led him along. The small Museo de Picasso in Barcelona is devoted primarily to his early works, which include strikingly realistic renderings of casts of ancient sculpture.
"He was a rebel from the start and, as a teenager, began to frequent the Barcelona cafes where intellectuals gathered. He soon went to Paris, the capital of art, and soaked up the works of Manet, Gustave Courbet, and Toulouse-Lautrec, whose sketchy style impressed him greatly. Then it was back to Spain, a return to France, and again back to Spain - all in the years 1899 to 1904.
"Before he struck upon Cubism, Picasso went through a prodigious number of styles - realism, caricature, the Blue Period, and the Rose Period. The Blue Period dates from 1901 to 1904 and is characterized by a predominantly blue palette and subjects focusing on outcasts, beggars, and prostitutes. This was when he also produced his first sculptures. The most poignant work of the style is in Cleveland's Museum of Art, La Vie (1903), which was created in memory of a great childhood friend, the Spanish poet Casagemas, who had committed suicide. The painting started as a self-portrait, but Picasso's features became those of his lost friend. The composition is stilted, the space compressed, the gestures stiff, and the tones predominantly blue. Another outstanding Blue Period work, of 1903, is in the Metropolitan, The Blind Man's Meal. Yet another example, perhaps the most lyrical and mysterious ever, is in the Toledo Museum of Art, the haunting Woman with a Crow (1903).
"The Rose Period began around 1904 when Picasso's palette brightened, the paintings dominated by pinks and beiges, light blues, and roses. His subjects are saltimbanques (circus people), harlequins, and clowns, all of whom seem to be mute and strangely inactive. One of the premier works of this period is in Washington, D.C., the National Gallery's large and extremely beautiful Family of Saltimbanques dating to 1905, which portrays a group of circus workers who appear alienated and incapable of communicating with each other, set in a one-dimensional space.
"In 1905, Picasso went briefly to Holland, and on his return to Paris, his works took on a classical aura with large male and fernale figures seen frontally or in distinct profile, almost like early Greek art. One of the best of these of 1906 is in the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, NY, La Toilette. Several pieces in this new style were purchased by Gertrude (the art patron and writer) and her brother, Leo Stein.
Picasso enjoyed creating his art on many media. From paintings to etchings to ceramics, all of his works are a testament to his skills. There are even Picasso prints that are worth more than unique original works.
