1 9 6 9 PABlo PiCAsso (spanish, 1881-1973) visage, Picasso edition Madoura Pitcher, 1969 White clay with glaze <strong>and</strong> paint 12 1/2 in. h. x 3 in. diam. Gift <strong>of</strong> rene A. henry 2010.024 24 | <strong>Cur<strong>at</strong>ors</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Work</strong>
This Picasso Edition © original print <strong>of</strong> Picasso’s 1969 pitcher entitled Visage, or Face is a cream colored glazed turned clay pitcher with a h<strong>and</strong>le <strong>and</strong> pouring spout decor<strong>at</strong>ed with an abstract women’s face in the artist’s characteristic style. 1 The eyes, eyebrow, nose <strong>and</strong> mouth <strong>of</strong> the female face are defined by a wide green lines. Wavy red-brown lines cascading down the side <strong>of</strong> the vase suggest hair on either side <strong>of</strong> the women’s face. The tall slender pitcher with curving sides has a round pinched spout <strong>and</strong> an <strong>at</strong>tached right angled h<strong>and</strong>le. Picasso used this same form in other works, <strong>of</strong>ten decor<strong>at</strong>ing pitchers with figures <strong>of</strong> women or women’s faces. This pitcher is an authentic Madoura Edition Picasso work, as indic<strong>at</strong>ed by the painted inscription on the bottom th<strong>at</strong> reads, “EDITION Picasso, 282/500, MADOURA”. The inscription <strong>of</strong> the authentic<strong>at</strong>ion is emphasized with black paint. Directly below the h<strong>and</strong>le is another inscription th<strong>at</strong> reads “9.1.69”, the d<strong>at</strong>e the original pitcher was cre<strong>at</strong>ed by Picasso. On this same day, January 9, 1969, Picasso cre<strong>at</strong>ed two similar pitchers <strong>of</strong> male faces using the same colors. 2 Pablo Picasso was sixty-six years old in 1947 when he made his first ceramics. Suzanne <strong>and</strong> Georges Ramie maintained a well known workshop in Vallauris, loc<strong>at</strong>ed in the south <strong>of</strong> France, near Picasso’s residence there. In return for the use <strong>of</strong> their workshop, Picasso authorized the Ramies to make <strong>and</strong> sell copies <strong>of</strong> his works. The Madoura <strong>Work</strong>shop produced both replicas <strong>of</strong> originals by Picasso <strong>and</strong> authorized reproductions, called “prints”. Original prints <strong>of</strong> Picasso were made using the transfer from an original subject engraved on a hardened plaster m<strong>at</strong>rix <strong>and</strong> applying a fresh sheet to take the clay impression. All original prints <strong>of</strong> Picasso, for example this Visage pitcher, are inscribed with the label Edition Picasso to authentic<strong>at</strong>e the work. 3 This original print <strong>of</strong> Picasso was purchased directly from the Madoura <strong>Work</strong>shop on February 23, 1976 by the donor. Since its purchase from the Madoura Gallery the pitcher has never been on display in any exhibition but remained in the donor’s priv<strong>at</strong>e collection before giving it to the Muscarelle Museum <strong>of</strong> Art in 2010. 1 Pablo Picasso, Face, 1969, in Picasso: C<strong>at</strong>alogue <strong>of</strong> the Edited Ceramic <strong>Work</strong>s 1947-1971, by Alain Ramie (n.p.: Galerie Madoura, 1998), 293, no 611. 2 Pablo Picasso, Face with points, <strong>and</strong> Face with Circles,1969, in Picasso: C<strong>at</strong>alogue <strong>of</strong> the Edited Ceramic <strong>Work</strong>s 1947-1971, by Alain Ramie (n.p.: Mallory Meaney ‘12 Galerie Madoura, 1998), 293, nos 610, 612. 3 Alain Ramie, “Pablo Picasso <strong>and</strong> Ceramics,” Galerie Madoura, Editions Picasso, accessed April 2, 2011, last modified 2007, http://www. madoura.com/foreword.html. 16 Memor<strong>and</strong>a for 16 Artists | 25
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