Vase avec Decoration Pastel. 1953.
Ceramics. Red sherd with pastels.
Ramié 190. Stand inscribed "Edition Picasso" and numbered and stamped "EDITION PICASSO" and "MADOURA PLEIN FEU". From an edition of 200 copies. Height: ca. 32 cm (12.5 in). [EH].

• Red clay with pastel: an unusual technique.
• According to Ramié, there is only one work number made in this technique.
• Picasso's outstanding ceramics are honored in an exhibition at Museum Schloss Moritzburg, Halle/Saale.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Koch, Hanover.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in 1974).

This two-handled vase occupies a special rank in Picasso's ceramic work. Ramié's catalog raisonné does not list any other vase with pastel decoration. This makes it a particularly fine example of the technical diversity of Picasso's works from the Madoura workshop.

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