LITERATURE: Ramie, 161

Materials: White earthenware ceramic plate with colored engobe and black oxide

Size: 7 3/4 in | 19.7 cm

Medium

Signature: Inscribed 'Edition Picasso' and with the 'Edition Picasso' and 'Madoura Plein Feu' stamps on the underside

Image rights: Courtesy of Heritage Auctions

Perhaps the most influential artist of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso may be best known for pioneering Cubism and fracturing the two-dimensional picture plane in order to convey three-dimensional space. Inspired by African and Iberian art, he also contributed to the rise of Surrealism and Expressionism. Picasso’s sizable oeuvre grew to include over 20,000 paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures,ceramics, theater sets, and costume designs. He painted his most famous work, Guernica (1937), in response to the Spanish Civil War; the totemic grisaille canvas remains a definitive work of anti-war art. At auction, a number of Picasso’s paintings have sold for more than $100 million. The indefatigable artist has been the subject of exhibitions at the world’s most prestigious institutions, from the Museum of Modern Art and Centre Pompidou to the Stedelijk Museum and Tate Modern.

Lot 15043

Pablo Picasso
,
Toros, 1952

White earthenware ceramic plate with colored engobe and black oxide

7 3/4 in | 19.7 cm

Edition of 500

Heritage: Prints & Multiples (Dec. 19, 2018)

LITERATURE: Ramie, 161

Materials: White earthenware ceramic plate with colored engobe and black oxide

Size: 7 3/4 in | 19.7 cm

Medium

Signature: Inscribed 'Edition Picasso' and with the 'Edition Picasso' and 'Madoura Plein Feu' stamps on the underside

Image rights: Courtesy of Heritage Auctions

Artist Series

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Pablo Picasso, Toros, 1952

Artist Series

Pablo Picasso
,
Toros, 1952