Pablo Picasso Spanish, 1881-1973
Chouette mate, 1958
Turned ceramic vase
28 x 21 cm
Edition of 200, numbered 121/200
With the stamps «Edition Picasso Madoura»; «Madoura Plein Feu» and «Edition Picasso».
For Picasso the owl holds symbolic and mythological meanings - in the South of France, he was currently going back to the classical themes that had marked his childhood. The...
For Picasso the owl holds symbolic and mythological meanings - in the South of France, he was currently going back to the classical themes that had marked his childhood. The Hispano-Moorish style, as well as the Pre-Columbian ceramics, with their zoomorphic and anthropomorphic subjects, undoubtedly also inspired the artist.
Picasso masters the traditional techniques of pottery-making. Nonetheless, the subject allows him to vary the forms and styles. The owl is infinitely varied, the motif of its fethers, its shape, its expression declined in different ways.
Picasso masters the traditional techniques of pottery-making. Nonetheless, the subject allows him to vary the forms and styles. The owl is infinitely varied, the motif of its fethers, its shape, its expression declined in different ways.
Provenance
Galerie Madoura, VallaurisCollection particulière, Paris