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PICASSO: A CERAMIC PERSPECTIVE© 2022, David Benrimon Fine Art info@benrimon.com www.davidbenrimon.com 212-628-1600 The Fuller Building 41 East 57th Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10022 CERAMICS Poisson (AR:22), 1947 Painted and glazed soup tureen ........................................... 10 Service poisson (AR:3), 1947 Painted & glazed earthenware plate ..................................... 12 Série ‘Visage Noir’ (AR:36), 1948 Earthenware plate glazed en engraved in black, green and orange ...................................................... 14 Visage noir (AR:37), 1948 Partially glazed ceramic plate .............................................. 14 Visage noir (AR:38), 1948 White earthenware plate, decoration in engobes, knife engraved under glaze .................................... 14 Tête de chèvre de profi l (Variant of AR 109 | 110), 1950 White earthenware round/square plate, decoration in oxidized paraffin & glaze, painted brown & green ................ 16 Tête de chèvre (AR:106), 1950 White earthenware round/square plate, decoration in oxidized paraffin & white enamel bath, painted in brown & green ...... 18 Scène de corrida avec fi gures, 11 June (AR:104), 1950 White earthenware hollow round dish, decoration in engobes under glaze, painted in green, yellow, blue, russet, brown & ivory ............ 20 Joueur de fl ûte (Variant of AR:126 | 128), 1951 White earthenware ceramic plate with green glaze ............... 22 Tête de chèvre de profi l (Variant of AR:151 / 153), [1951] 1952 Partially glazed white ceramic plate painted in colors ........... 24 Tête de chèvre de profi l, 5 June (AR:145), 1952 Partially glazed white ceramic dish painted in colors ............ 26 Picador (AR:160), 1952 Plate painted & partially glazed ........................................... 28 Taureau sous l’arbre (AR:159), 1952 Painted & partially glazed white earthenware plate .............. 30 Oiseau sur la branche (AR:175), 1952 White earthenware round ash-tray, oxidized paraffin decoration, white enamel, painted black .............................. 32 Picador, 5 August (AR:162), 1952 Red earthenware pitcher with paraffin decoration and black enamel ............................................................................... 34 Unique Motif décoratif ou Etoile de mer’, Circa 1952-62 Painted & glazed ceramic bowl ........................................... 36 Sujet Poisson (AR:139), 1952 Red earthenware pitcher, decorated in engobes .................... 38 Oiseau au ver (AR:172), 1952 White earthenware plate, oxidized paraffin decoration, white enamel, painted black ......................................................... 40 Oiseau à la huppe (AR:173), 1952 Painted & partially glazed white earthenware bowl .............. 42 Taureaux, 29 July (AR:161), 1952 Painted & partially glazed white earthenware plate .............. 44 Nature morte à la cuiller (AR:163), 22 December 1952 Unglazed white earthenware plate ....................................... 46 Corrida (AR:182), 11 March 1953 Ceramic plate painted & partially glazed ............................. 48 Nature morte (AR:219), 1953 Partially glazed ceramic plate .............................................. 50 Picador (Prototype), 25 September (AR:202.I) 1953 White earthenware plate, decoration in engobes under glaze, painted green, blue, yellow & white ..................................... 52 Course de taureaux, oiseau, 22 June (AR:191), 1953 White earthenware vase, decoration in engobes & paraffin, partial brushed glaze, painted red & black ............................ 54 La tarasque (AR:247), 1954 Glazed ceramic................................................................... 56 Bouteille gravéee (AR:249), 1954 White earthenware vase, decoration in engobes & paraffin, boring-rod engraved, white enamel, painted in black & beige 58 Hibou mat (AR:284), 1955 Rectangular earthenware charger glazed on the verso, painted in black, blue & brown ............................................ 60 Picador (AR:289), 1955 Ceramic bowl ..................................................................... 62 Lampe-femme (Variant of AR:294), 1955 Earthenware vase partially glazed on the interior, painted in brown, blue & black ......................... 64 Visage (AR:288), 1955 TABLE OF CONTENTSPainted & partially glazed white earthenware pitcher ................................................... 66 Cruchon hibou (AR:293), 1955 White earthenware pitcher, decoration in oxides & engraved by knife on white enamel, painted in black, blue & brown ........ 68 Profi l de taureau, 22 February (AR:317), 1956 Partially glazed ceramic plaque ........................................... 70 Profi l de taureau, 22 February (AR:315), 1956 Painted & partially glazed plaque ........................................ 72 Tête au masque (AR:363s), 1956 Silver plate ......................................................................... 74 Danseurs (AR:388), 1956 Partially glazed ceramic plaque ........................................... 76 Dormeur (AR:343), 1956(Cast 1967) Silver plate ......................................................................... 78 Tête de faune- Hexagonal Tile, 1956-1957 Wax crayon on ceramic ....................................................... 80 Variant of Profi l de Jacqueline (AR:383 | 385), 1956 Ceramic plaque painted & partially glazed ........................... 82 Plongeurs (AR:378), 1956 Painted & partially glazed white earthenware plaque ........... 84 Profi l de Jacqueline (AR:385), 1956 Ceramic plaque painted & partially glazed ........................... 86 Visage de faune (AR:282s), 1956 Silver plate ......................................................................... 88 Vase azteque aux quatre visages (AR 402), 1957 Vase ................................................................................... 90 Taureau, marili aux feuilles (AR:394), 1957 Painted terracotta plate ....................................................... 92 Motif spiralé (AR:404), 1957 Painted white earthenware plate, underside glazed ............... 94 Oiseau no 76 (AR:481), 1963 Ceramic Plate ..................................................................... 96 Oiseau no 82 (AR:482), 1963 Patially glazed ceramic plate ............................................... 98 Yan bandeau noir, 30 August (AR:515), 1963 Red ceramic pitcher painted in black ................................ 100 Yan visage, 30 August (AR:512), 1963 Earthenware pitcher, unglazed, painted in black ............... 102 Visage Lunaire (Prototype), 12 July (AR:502), 1963 Ceramic plate with modeled elements in relief .................. 104 Tête d’Homme moustachu (AR:539), 1966 Red earthenware plaque printed with engobe pad ............. 106 Femmes et toreador (AR:541), 1968 Rectangular earthenware plaque ....................................... 106 Personnages et cavalier (AR:540), 1968 Rectangular earthenware plaque ....................................... 106 Chouette (AR:605), 1969 Ceramic vase painted & partially glazed ........................... 108 Chouette (AR:606), 1969 Partially glazed white ceramic vase................................... 110 EDITIONS Homme et Femme, 1926 Pencil on paper ................................................................ 114 Visage (Marie-Thérèse), 1928 Lithograph ...................................................................... 116 Suite Vollard L010 (Femmes se reposant), 19 September, 1931 Drypoint on Montval ....................................................... 118 Femme au corsage à fl eurs (I), 17 December, 1957 Lithograph ...................................................................... 120 Les Dejeuners, 1961 Crayon on paper .............................................................. 122 Portrait de Jacqueline en Carmen (IV), 15 April, 1962 Linoleum cut in black & two shades of brown on Arches .. 124 Peintre et modèle au fauteuil, 1963 Linoleum cut rincé in colors on Arches paper ................... 126 Trois Personnages nus Assis, 1966 Pencil and black crayon on paper ..................................... 128 L’Etreinte, 1968 Pencil on paper ................................................................ 130 Suite 347 L001 (Picasso, son œuvre, et son public (VII.B), 22 March, 1968 Etching ........................................................................... 132P ablo Picasso is one of the most revolutionary Modern artists of the 20th century, internationally famed as a painter, sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker. David Benrimon Fine Art is pleased to present a survey exhibition of Picasso’s prolific and ambitious ceramic oeuvre, a medium which he explored for nearly 25 years. This selection of over 60 earthenware objects brings together plates, bowls, vases, and pitchers with subjects spanning from Greek mythological figures, animals and the female form. These works embody Picasso’s imagination and highlight his variety of artistic practices. Inspired by tradition and modernity alike, Picasso’s ceramics represent one of his most experimental mediums of creation. Picasso’s ceramic career began in the summer of 1946 while vacationing on the Mediterranean following the end of the Second World War. Picasso first saw the works of Modoura potters at a local handicrafts exhibition in nearby Vallauris; a town in the South of France with a long history of pottery production dating back to the Roman Empire. There, he met and formed a partnership with Georges and Suzanne Raime, owners of the Modoura ceramics studio - a collaboration which would last until 1971. Throughout this period, Picasso worked with their artisans to create nearly 4,000 objects, including 633 different ceramic editions and thousands of unique ceramic pieces, the majority of which reside in museums and the Picasso Estate. Picasso was long intrigued by ceramics and began to explore this world at the age of 66. He had first experimented with clay in 1905, when he modeled a small group of heads, some of which were later cast in bronze. These early works tied imagery and technique to the pottery form, anticipating Picasso’s approach to his later ceramics. In the beginning stage of Picasso’s work at Modoura, he focused on mastering the craft of decorating fired clay objects, and later set about reinventing them into sculptural shapes. In the late 1940s, Picasso created sets of plates, such as his service of twelve Black Plates (Visage Noir) and Fish Plates (Service Poisson), as well as related serving platters and tureens. He often incised the wet clay and painted on the objects, using these surfaces as canvases for his Picasso-esque subjects. Whether a plate, vase, pitcher or bowl, Picasso decorated these objects with a range of colorful and witty subjects ranging from still lifes, bullfights, the female form, as well as birds and fish, intimately relating to his work in other media. Picasso then experimented with various methods to transform traditional ceramics into remarkable sculptural shapes. He often used a mold to form an object, and other times sculpted the clay into unique shapes. The artist would also give artisans specifications for a work, which was then assembled and painted by Picasso. Prior to glazing and firing, Picasso would manipulate the proportions of a tall vase to reflect the female form, such as Lampe-femme (AR:294) from 1955. Alongside these advancements in form, Picasso also converted existing Madoura objects into zoomorphic forms of bulls, birds and goats by means of painting. For example, using only glaze, Picasso turns the vessel La Tarasque (AR:247) into the French legendary dragon-like creature. To create ceramic editions, Picasso settled on two main methods of production. The first required the painstaking replication of the original object, recreating its form and design as closely as possible by hand. For the second, Picasso made original images in dry clay molds which were then used to transfer the images onto fresh clay; this technique more closely resembles the process used to make many editions and multiples today. Picasso’s ceramic oeuvre has been the feature of important exhibitions, including at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and MoMA, New York.CERAMICSNext >