Face, round dish
(1960)
- Medium
- earthenware
- Measurements
- 4.2 × 42.4 cm irreg. diameter
- Place/s of Execution
- Vallauris, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
- Edition
- ed. 90/100
- Inscription
- impressed (inverted) in base c.: MADOURA / (fire) / PLEIN / FEU
impressed (inverted) in base c.: EMPREINTE / ORIGINALE DE / PICASSO
inscribed (vertically) in black on base l.l.: 90/100 - Accession Number
- 2020.221
- Department
- International Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by John and Cecily Adams, 2020
© Sucession Picasso/Copyright Agency - Gallery location
- Late 19th & early 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
-
Picasso explored a broad range of subjects in the ceramic medium but
one of his main preoccupations was the human face, the representation of which
he explored through countless studies and variations. He experimented with it in his first year of working at Madoura,but did not seriously return to the subject until 1953 when he produced a number of designs that explored both the profile and front-on view. From then on Picasso returned annually to the theme, depicting men and women, as well as ambiguous representations, such as this dish, which shows a particularly graphic interpretation of a non-determinative face.
