Platter (Bullfighter)
Artist
Pablo Picasso
(Spanish, 1881-1973)
Manufacturer
Madoura
(French)
CultureSpanish
Date1953
MediumEarthenware
DimensionsOverall: 17 in. (43.2 cm)
InscribedStamped on reverse: "Madoura/Plein/Feu & Empreinte/Original de/Picasso". Also painted in underglaze black: "Made in France".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.1065
Not on view
DescriptionRound white plate with decorations in relief of a bull fight scene.Label TextPablo Picasso Spanish, 1881–1973 Manufactured by Madoura (Vallauris, France) Earthenware Platter (Bullfight), 1953 Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.1065 Catalogue raisonnéAlain Ramié, _Picasso: Catalogue de L'oeuvre Céramique Édité, 1947-1971_ (Paris: Madoura, 1988) pattern no. 181 (or variant).