Joueur de diaule. 1947.
Ceramics. White sherd with engobe and scratch decor, glazed.
Ramié 1. With scratched number on stand and inscription "I 108", with embossing stamps "Edition Picasso" and "Madoura Plein Feu". From an edition of 200 copies. 32 x 39 cm (12.5 x 15.3 in).
[KT].
• One of Picasso's earliest ceramics, made in Vallauris in the south of France.
• Picasso was so enthusiastic about the city and the technical possibilities ceramics offered him that he decided to settle there, which marked the beginning of an extremely productive phase.
• Picasso's ceramics are unique in their form and imagery, they are considered a separate group of works in the oeuvre of the most ingenious artist of the 20th century.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Beyeler, Basel.
Private collection (acquired from the above in 1977).