Pablo Picasso "Poisson de profil"
- Pablo Picasso
- (1881-1973)
- Spain Artist
- Image Size: 12 3/34 x 10
- Medium: Earthenware Ceramic
- Conceived in 1951 and executed in an edition of 25
- "Poisson de profil"
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Details
White earthenware ceramic plate with colored engobe and glaze.
Stamped and marked "Empreinte Originale de Picasso / Madoura PleinFeu" (underneath)
I also have the original stand that was purchased with the plate when new.
Medium: Earthenware Ceramic
Conceived in 1951 and executed in an edition of 25. There was also an edition after this of 50 they are
all the same plates. The edition of 50, from what my research leads me to believe, just had a few more colors to choose from. See photo of the book with the two fish that I have included in my photographs.
"Poisson de profil" Signed on verso. White earthenware ceramic plate with colored engobe and glaze.
Stamped and marked "Empreinte Originale de Picasso / Madoura PleinFeu" (underneath)
Great condition. Several of these have come to market in the last five years.
None were as beautiful as this one. This one has one very tiny flake that is under
the clear glaze. Most other that I have seen have all had pop outs from the firing process
that are large and unsightly. The colors on my plate are brilliant, and I haven't seen one that
compares.
It is not uncommon to find faint handling marks on unglazed areas. Ceramic, however, is a complex medium, and small imperfections resulting from the production process should not be considered condition issues. Crazing (very fine cracks in the glaze) and marks from the studio are all part of the beauty of the final piece.
Can ship but would prefer in person pick up.
Pablo Picasso discovered the Madoura pottery studio in Vallauris, France, in the summer of 1946 while vacationing in the area. He was captivated by the local exhibition featuring works from the Madoura studio, owned by Suzanne and Georges Ramié. This encounter sparked Picasso's interest in ceramics, leading to a long-lasting partnership and a prolific 24-year exploration of pottery. The Madoura studio became a creative playground for Picasso, where he created over 6,000 ceramic editions and unique pieces, often with whimsical sculptural elements. Picasso's work at the Madoura studio not only produced functional objects but also became a significant part of his artistic legacy, influencing the pottery industry and contributing to the cultural landscape of Vallauris.Biography
Pablo Picasso(1881-1973)
A painter and printmaker who revolutionized western art, Pablo Picasso was born in Spain and lived most of his life either there or in France. His father was an art teacher, and the young Pablo grew up in an artistic environment. By the age of fourteen, he was an accomplished draftsman, and in 1900 at age nineteen, he made his first trip to Paris. There he studied the Old Masters* and Classical* sculpture and also was exposed to the paintings of Impressionists* and Post Impressionists*.
Between 1901 and 1904, his work was dominated by a blue palette, which has led to this time being called his "Blue Period". Blue, for him, was to symbolize the ". . . suffering-frequently hunger and cold, the hardships he experienced while attempting to establish himself." (Arnason, 125) By 1905, his 'Rose or Circus Period' was beginning, and also later that year, he became doing painting reflective of a growing interest in African masks. By 1907, he painted what is regarded as his first masterpiece and as the first Cubist painting, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.
Although he said: "I think about Death all the time. She is the only woman who never leaves me." (Walther) His relationships with 'live' women influenced much of his artwork. It is thought that his switch from 'blue' to 'rose', that is from depression to happiness, was determined by his meeting Fernande Olivier, allegedly his first serious female relationship. He lived with her for seven years. From that time, he did numerous portraits of wives, children and mistresses.
In 1908, Picasso began working in Paris with Georges Braque (1882-1963), and together until 1914 and the beginning of World War I, they created collages* and the first phase of Cubism* that included still life and portraits. They worked so closely together that many scholars are unable to tell some of their work apart or to determine which of them contributed certain concepts.
Picasso went to Rome from 1914 to 1918 to do set designs and costumes for the Russian Ballet and during this time also did some realistic painting and drawing, and printmaking emerged as a major part of his art as a result of the time he spent drawing. His graphic art, which actually dated to 1905, was diverse as he was ever looking for new modes of expression, and he did etchings, drypoint, linocuts, woodcuts, aquatints and sometimes combinations. In Rome, he met his first wife, Olga Koklova, a Russian ballet dancer.
In the early part of the 1920s, he did abstract figurative work that was so grotesque in distortion that it set the stage for his participation in Surrealist* exhibitions in Europe. Also, the experimentation with figurative shapes led him to sculpture, an interest he had expressed earlier.
The 1920s are regarded as one of the most productive periods of Picasso's career. He did paintings with vivid coloration expressing his ". . .total experience of curvilinear cubism and classical idealism." (Arnason, 393) In 1927, he began a relationship with seventeen-year-old Marie Therese Walther, and in 1936 with Dora Maar, a photographer. In 1937, inspired by the Spanish Civil War, he painted Guernica, which is regarded as one of his landmark paintings and certainly one that carried a strong message of human suffering during wartime.
During the World War II years, Picasso did a lot of modeling in clay and creating of assemblages with found objects, and many of the pieces, especially after the War, expressed his sense of humor. Also, after the War, he began creating with ceramics, and he was very productive with printmaking. His female companion, beginning 1943, was Francoise Gilot, a painter, with whom he had two children, Claude and Paloma. His last female relationship was with Jacqueline Roque, whom he met in 1953 and married in 1961.
Pablo Picasso died on April 8, 1973 at the age of 91. The last eight years of his life had been difficult because of prostate problems, but he continued to be productive. Of him, it was written in Time magazine, May 26, 1980: "To the end . . . Picasso remained Picasso; an indefatigable worker, a lover of mischief and pranks, quirky, increasingly aloof, mercurial, yet often remarkably generous and warm."
Sources:
H.H. Arnason, History of Modern Art, p. 125
Ingo F. Walther, Picasso, 1999, Cologne, Germany
Time magazine, May 26, 1980
Alfred Barr, Picasso: Fifty Years of His Art
Archives of Phoenix Art Museum Docent Files: "Picasso"
