Pablo Picasso
Cavalier et cheval, 1952
white earthenware, slip decoration, engraved with a knife on white enamel
23 x 18.5 cm
9 x 7 1/4 in
9 x 7 1/4 in
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Ever since his first stay in Vallauris, also known as 'the town of a hundred potters', Pablo Picasso has been dazzled by the freedom and expressive nature of ceramics. To...
Ever since his first stay in Vallauris, also known as "the town of a hundred potters", Pablo Picasso has been dazzled by the freedom and expressive nature of ceramics. To satisfy his creative curiosity, the artist embarked on a collaboration with the Ramié couple, who founded the Madoura studio in 1947. It was around the exploration of a new material that the painter transcribed his iconic subjects, building a marvellous universe filled with forms and textures. What Picasso expresses in his ceramic works is a fundamentally living testimony a fundamentally living testimony, an ongoing conversation, requiring a contribution of those who, with him, attempt to penetrate the creative essence alongside the analysis of form.
Provenance
Collection of Robert Sadoul (gift of the artist)Private collection
Literature
Picasso: Catalogue Raisonné de l'oeuvre céramique de Picasso, 1947-1971, by Alain Ramié, Editions Madoura, Vallauris, 1988, illustrated under no.137, p.77.Join our mailing list
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