PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)TAUREAU SOUS L'ARBRE... Lot 20

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)TAUREAU SOUS L'ARBRE (AR 159 ) Earthenware decorated with oxidized paraffin and white glazeInscription 'Edition Picasso' and stamps 'Madoura Plein Feu' and 'Édition Picasso' Modèle conçu en 1952 et édité à 500 exemplairesWhite earthenware ceramic plate with black oxide and white glaze; stamped and markedDIAM. 19 CM - 7 1/2 IN. Private collection, France. Acquired from the latter by the present owner. "As Jean Lurçat later said, one can imagine that Picasso 'looked down on the table where he was going to sit... and saw that the plates and dishes were looking at him with an empty eye'... He said to himself that 'it couldn't go on any longer, that a plate is a useful object, but that it can be in a good mood, before it is filled up'. ...] Bullfighting, in 1957, will give rise to an important series of dishes. D ominique Forest, "Picasso, la céramique revisitée" in Picasso, Peintre d'objets, Objets de peintre, exhibition catalogue, Céret, musée d'art moderne, 12juin-19septembre 2004, and Roubaix, La Piscine, musée d'art et d'industrie André Diligent, 9octobre 2004-9janvier 2005, Gallimard, Paris: 2004, pp. Perhaps Picasso, like Jean Lurçat, 'looked down on the table where he was going to sit ... and he saw that the plates and the dishes stared at him vacantly. He said to himself, 'this has to stop, a plate is a useful object but it can be joyful too, before it is filled.' The theme of bullfighting gave rise to an important series of dishes in 1957. These earthenware paintings are remarkable for the way the drawing occupies the space. "Dominique Forest, "Picasso, la céramique revisitée" in Picasso, Peintre d'objets, Objets de peintre, Exhibition catalog, Céret, musée d'art moderne, 12June-19September 2004, and Roubaix, La Piscine, musée d'art et d'industrie André Diligent,