Joueur, danseur et buveur sur ciel bleu et blanc

Details

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Joueur, danseur et buveur sur ciel bleu et blanc
signed and dated 'Picasso 11.3.57.' (on the reverse)
white earthenware ceramic tile with coloured engobe, glaze and black oxide
10 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. (25.8 x 30.8 cm.)
Executed on 11 March 1957; this work is unique

Provenance

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (no. 07430/60297).
Saidenberg Gallery, New York.
Prof. Forman S Acton, New Jersey, by whom acquired from the above in December 1958.
A gift from the above to the present owner in August 2011.

Literature

G. Ramié, Ceramica de Picasso, Barcelona, 1974, no. 483 (illustrated; titled `Músico. bailarín y bebedor').

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.

Lot Essay

This work is sold with a photo-certificate from Claude Picasso.

In March 1957, Pablo Picasso produced a series inspired by Ancient Greek imagery. On the glazed front of the plaque three male figures are engaged in a lively bacchanal scene: a standing man playing a double-flute, a dancer and a reclining wine-drinker. Full of this Dionysian enthusiasm of music, dance and wine.

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