Details
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Chouette (A.R. 605)
stamped, marked and numbered 'Madoura Plein Feu / Edition Picasso / R.148 / Edition Picasso / 71/500 / Madoura' (underneath)
white earthenware ceramic vase, partially engraved, with brown and black engobe and white glaze
Height: 11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1969 and executed in a numbered edition of 500
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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Almost all the owls represented in this sale come in the form of shaped vases. They're clever, they’re humorous—embodying both the owl and the vase forms at the same time. These are quite complex shapes, constructed out of four parts: the body, the head, the tail, and the foot. Picasso collaborated closely with Suzanne Ramié, who worked at the Madoura pottery studio with him, to design these shapes, which were quite a technical achievement—both in physical and decorative terms—employing multiple techniques to produce layered textures.

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