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An Artist at his Easel

Vase
1954 (designed and made)
Artist/Maker
Poterie Madoura (maker)
Picasso, Pablo (painter)
Place of origin
Vallauris (made)

Vase, designed by Pablo Picasso for the Madoura Pottery, Vallauris; 1954. Comprising ovoid body of earthenware, surmounted by ring handle, topped with short neck. Decorated with two views of an artist at his easel with a standing model and a sculptor modelling a figure. Hand thrown and hand painted.


Object details

Categories
Earthenware
Vases
Ceramics
Object type
Vase
TitleAn Artist at his Easel (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed white earthenware, hand thrown, modelled, with wax resist and painted in oxides
Earthenware
Glaze
Hand Thrown
Hand Painted
Modelled
Brief description
Vase, entitled "An Artist at his Easel", designed by Pablo Picasso, made at Poterie Madoura, Vallauris, France, 1954.
Physical description
Ovoid body of earthenware, surmounted by ring handle, topped with short neck. Decorated with two views of an artist at his easel with a standing model and a sculptor modelling a figure from a standing model painted in black and green.
Dimensions
  • Height: 58.2cm
  • Width: 28.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • GALERIE LOUISE LEIRIS/ 29 bis Rue d'Astorg/ Paris VII ieme/ 1954 No. o5670/ Pablo Picasso/ vase aux artistes/haut 58 cm/ U.A.D.
  • 'MADOURA' (Pottery mark, impressed)
  • '2-89' (Painted in black)
  • "S/047823" (paper label)
Credit line
Museums and Galleries Commission from the estate of Miss Margaret Shipway
Object history
From the estate of Miss Margaret Shipway
Subject depicted
Artist
Summary
Vase, designed by Pablo Picasso for the Madoura Pottery, Vallauris; 1954. Comprising ovoid body of earthenware, surmounted by ring handle, topped with short neck. Decorated with two views of an artist at his easel with a standing model and a sculptor modelling a figure. Hand thrown and hand painted.
Bibliographic references
  • Picasso: Fired with Passion (NMS Enterprises Ltd: Edinburgh, 2007)
  • See Ceramics and Glass object information file
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.109-1994

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Record createdJuly 24, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O126320/an-artist-at-his-easel-vase-picasso-pablo/
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