Plate (Flute Player)
Artist
Pablo Picasso
(Spanish, 1881-1973)
Manufacturer
Madoura
(French)
CultureSpanish
Date1951
MediumEarthenware
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (3.2 x 24.8 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 number71.1069
Not on view
Label TextPablo Picasso
Spanish, 1881–1973
Manufactured by Madoura (Vallauris, France)
Earthenware
Plate (Flute Player), 1951
Plate (Still Life with Spoon), 1952
Platter (Goat’s Head in Profile), 1952
Plate (Goat’s Head in Profile), 1950
Gifts of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.1069, 71.1066, 71.1062, and 71.1070, 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.
Catalogue raisonnéAlain Ramié, _Picasso: Catalogue de L'oeuvre Céramique Édité, 1947-1971_ (Paris: Madoura, 1988) pattern no. 128 (or variant).
