PICASSO CERAMICS, PABLO
1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins
Title: Jaqueline at the Easel.
Date: 1956.
Technique: White stoneware, partially coloured and glazed.
Ø 42 x 3,5cm.
Notation: Numbered and inscribed underneath: 90/200 C HC. Here stamoed aswell: MADOURA PLEIN FEU and EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO.
Number: 90/200.
Provenance:
- Private Collection South Germany
Literature:
- Ramié, Alain: Picasso, Catalogue of the Edited Ceramic Works 1947-1971, Lyon 1988, cat. rais. no. 333, ill.
- Outstanding example of Picasso's mastery of the potter's craft with remarkable use of contrasts in form and colour
- The artist's second wife, Jaqueline Roque, is depicted in front of an easel
- In this ceramic, the artist emphasises Jaqueline's role as his greatest muse by switching roles.
