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Plate (Vase with Bunch)

Artist Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)

Manufacturer Madoura (French)

Date1956

MediumEarthenware

DimensionsOverall: 10 in. (25.4 cm)

ClassificationsDecorative arts

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.1064

Terms

Vallauris
France

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DescriptionCream plate with brown matte glaze on the front and a relief of a vase of flowers and leaves in black and green.

Label TextPablo Picasso Spanish, 1881–1973 Manufactured by Madoura (Vallauris, France) Earthenware Plate (Vase with Bunch), 1956 Plate (Bunch with Apple), 1956 Gifts of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.1064 and 71.3078, respectively Pablo Picasso admired the work of the Madoura Pottery Factory while summering in Vallauris, a town in the south of France. With the help of owner Suzanne Ramie, he began in 1947 to explore ceramics as a new artistic medium, returning to Madoura’s studio regularly for the next 25 years. Through these collaborations, Picasso ultimately created more than 600 designs for plates, bowls, vases, and jugs, all hand-painted and sold in limited editions of varying size. Picasso’s favorite themes—bullfights, animals, still lifes, and Cubist faces—take on new and colorful energy in these works.