Pablo Picasso, Personnage avec mains sur les hanches (Vase with two high handles), 1953 |
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| Artist: | Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) |
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| Title: | Personnage avec mains sur les hanches (Vase with two high handles), 1953 |
| Reference: | Ramié 213 |
| Medium: | Original turned vase of white earthenware clay with engobes |
| Image Size: | DIMENSIONS: 15 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in x 9 3/4 in (39.4 cm x 13.3 cm x 24.8 cm) |
| Signature: | Features the inscribed stamps: 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' and 'EDITION PICASSO' with the hand-written inscription 'Edition Picasso' in black ink on bottom. |
| ID # | w-3547 |
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Pablo Picasso Personnage avec mains sur les hanches (Vase with two high handles), 1953 is a large ceramic vase that, under Picasso's skillful manipulation, becomes a sculpture of a woman. With a gaze as fixing as her pouting lips, this woman captivates.
The heart-shaped face and vivacious curves, so expertly molded out of the handles, denote that she is full of life and energy. This technique of utilizing form and coloration with the exquisite hand applied decorations are what make the sculpture so stunning.
The artist ornamented the surface of the ceramic with knife engraving, white engobe, and glazing. Engobe, a term used to describe clay in liquid form, can be applied to wet or dry clay for decorative effect, or to lighten the color of the base underneath. In this case, Picasso used all three techniques to full effect, creating a piece alive with pattern, from the leafy crown circling the woman's head to the starburst patterns.
Conceived in 1953, this white, earthenware clay vase is decorated with engobe and knife engraving, and has been partially brushed with glaze. It comes from an edition of 400, and features the inscribed stamps, 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' 'EDITION PICASSO' stamps on the underside, as well as a hand-written inscription 'Edition Picasso' in black ink.
RECENT AUCTION RESULTS:
1. Christie's New York, Oct. 25, 2011 [lot 00144], Prints & Multiples Including Pablo Picasso, Important Graphic Works, sold for $38,750 (incl. 25% buyer's premium).
2. Christie's New York, April 27, 2011 [lot 00067], Picasso Ceramics: An Important Private Collection, sold for $60,000 (incl. 25% buyer's premium).
Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
This work is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoice accompanying the final sale of the work):
1. Ramié, Alain. Picasso Catalogue of the edited ceramic works 1947-1971. Paris: Galerie Madoura, 1988. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 213 (another example illustrated).
2. Ramié, Geroges. Picasso's Ceramics. New York: The Viking Press. Illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 715 on p. 279 and listed on p. 292 (another example illustrated).
3. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.
