Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: Dual Sided "Face with Spots," "Mat Face"
Medium: Ceramic
Size: 16 5/8"
Year: 1956
AR: 349, 350
Edition: xx/100
Condition: Museum Quality
Stamps: Stamped Madoura Plein Feu and Empreinte Original de Picasso
Provenance: Includes Gallery Certificate of Authenticity

This authentic Pablo Picasso original ceramic dish is dual sided; the front side features A.R. 349, "Face with Spots" engraving while the back features A.R. 350, "Mat Face" in partial brushed glaze in black and green on white earthenware clay. The front image, "Face with Spots" includes various depths of the engraving, a tecnique rarely seen with Picasso ceramics. The reverse provides a nice contrast to the timeless design of the front, with its graphic lines and bold colors. The images on both sides share the universal appeal Picasso's art is recognized for today. The rare dual sided design allows for countless unique display opportunities, including central display options where both sides are visible in the room as well as regularly rotating the piece for the illusion of two original Picasso ceramics. Picasso's dual sided "Face with Spots," "Mat Face" original ceramic dish is guaranteed authentic; it is stamped Madoura Plein Feu and Empreinte Original de Picasso, and includes a Modern Artifact Certificate of Authenticity. The piece comes in professional, safe packaging.

A man of unparalleled talent, Pablo Picasso was the most influential figure in the 20th-century art. With an unequivocal sense of invention, he was devoted to creating art throughout his life, crossing media with utter ease and elegance, always following his limitless imagination as the ultimate indicator of truth. Together with Georges Braque, Picasso fathered one of the most progressive art movements - Cubism, rethinking the representation of the three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface in a radical way. Inspired by the art of Africa and the Iberian peninsula, his ideas and works left a deep mark on other modernist movements, including Expressionism and Surrealism. His most famous work, the powerful “Guernica” (1937), was created in reaction to the Spanish Civil War, today celebrated as the supreme example of anti-war art. Resolute and vital throughout his life, Picasso left behind a colossal body of work of paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, ceramics, costumes and stage set designs.

With a name synonymous with greatness, Picasso is considered a legend. He was infamous for his many passionate relationships with women, as well as for his charisma. With an ego to match his gift, the great artist once said about himself: “My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.”

Pablo Picasso was born in Málaga, Spain, in 1881. He lived in Paris and Mougins, France, where he died in 1973.