Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)
Femme du barbu / Bearded man’s wife (A.R. 193)
Terre de faience turned pitcher, painted in colored engobes, knife engraved and partially brushed glaze.
1953
H: 15 in. / 38 cm.
Black, beige, green, grey patina.
Conceived on 10 July 1953 and executed in an edition of 500.
Inscribed “Edition Picasso”, with the Edition Picasso and Madoura stamps.
Exhibition:
“Les Louvre de Pablo Picasso”, 13 October 2021 – 31 January 2022, Louvre Lens Museum,
another version exhibited:
Literature:
– Alain RAMIÉ, “Picasso, Catalogue of the edited ceramic works 1947-1971”, ill. in color p.105, no. 193.
– Georges Ramié, ‘Picasso’s Ceramics’, ill. p. 279, no. 720.
Provenance: private collection, NY
