PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Service scènes de corrida (set of 8 plates) (A.R. 416-423)
Paseo (A.R. 416) dated '1.7.59.' (in reverse; lower center); stamped and numbered 'Madoura Plein Feu/Empreinte Originale de Picasso/1/50' (underneath)
Pase de cape (A.R. 417) dated '1.7.59.' (in reverse; lower center); stamped and numbered 'Madoura Plein Feu/Empreinte Originale de Picasso/1/50' (underneath)
Picador (A.R. 418) dated '1.7.59.' (in reverse; upper center); stamped and numbered 'Madoura Plein Feu/Empreinte Originale de Picasso/1/50' (underneath)
Banderilleros (A.R. 419) dated '1.7.59.' (in reverse; upper right); stamped and numbered 'Madoura Plein Feu/Empreinte Originale de Picasso/1/50' (underneath)
Pase de muleta (A.R. 420) dated '1.7.59.' (in reverse; upper right); stamped and numbered 'Madoura Plein Feu/Empreinte Originale de Picasso/1/50' (underneath)
Cogida (A.R. 421) dated '1.7.59.' (in reverse; upper right); stamped and numbered 'Madoura Plein Feu/Empreinte Originale de Picasso/1/50' (underneath)
Estocado (A.R. 422) dated '1.7.59.' (in reverse; upper center); stamped and numbered 'Madoura Plein Feu/Empreinte Originale de Picasso/1/50' (underneath)
Arrastro (A.R. 423) dated '1.7.59.' (in reverse; lower left); stamped and numbered 'Madoura Plein Feu/Empreinte Originale de Picasso/1/50' (underneath)
a complete set of eight white earthenware ceramic plates with colored engobe and glaze
Diameter: approximately 17 in. (43 cm.) each
Conceived on 1 July 1959 and executed in a numbered edition of 50