Dove Subject, 1959; Glazed white earthenware pitcher painted in blue and black with white enamel; Numbered 173/500; Inscribed 'EDITION PICASSO' and 'MADOURA', with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' and the 'EDITION PICASSO' pottery stamps on the underside; Size - Dove Pitcher: 6" x 8 3/4" x 4 1/2"; Catalogue Raisonne: A.R. 435.
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During the late 1940s, Pablo Picasso spent the summers on the Cote d'Azur in the South of France. There the artist visited Vallauris for the annual pottery exhibition in 1946. He was impressed by the quality of the Madoura works and was introduced to the owners, Suzanne and Georges Ramié. The Ramiés welcomed the famous artist into their workshop and gave him access to all the tools and resources the he needed in order to work in the medium of ceramics. In exchange, the Ramié family would produce and sell his limited edition ceramic works and this relationship spanned 25 years. It was also at the Madoura factory in 1953 that Picasso met Jacqueline Roque, who would become his second wife in 1961.
Side view of "Dove Subject" Pitcher by Pablo Picasso
Side view of "Dove Subject" Pitcher by Pablo Picasso
Front view of "Dove Subject" Pitcher by Pablo Picasso
The Market for Picasso ceramics has been steadily rising as outlined by a recent article:
"Over the past 10 years, the market for Picasso ceramics has steadily grown, with seasoned collectors and new buyers alike vying for Picasso's editioned and unique ceramics at auction. This market is stable, with a steady high sell-through rate around 89% (87% in 2004, 89% in 2005, 87% in 2011, and 90% in 2012), and prices that are still lower than the rest of Picasso's work. The broad range of estimates and sales prices help make this market attractive to many collectors, but also explain the high average sales prices, which are skewed by a few exceptional pieces. In the previous two years, more than 60 exceptional ceramic works sold for over US$100,000: 34 in 2011 and 29 in 2012 (vs. six in 2004 and 2005)." - The Story Behind Picasso Ceramics, by Fanny Lakoubay and Conner Williams, 2013
The famed artist Georges Bloch stated of Picasso’s ceramic works:
"…in approach, material and technique is as novel as it is interesting. Pottery, gleaming white discs with relief designs, monochrome or brightly coloured ovals, dishes and even jugs and vases here serve as bearers of compositions whose themes express the joyous, life-loving side of Picasso’s work. They are printed from blocks and stamps fashioned by the master over a period of more than twenty years in the Madoura pottery workshop in Vallauris.”
"Over the past 10 years, the market for Picasso ceramics has steadily grown, with seasoned collectors and new buyers alike vying for Picasso's editioned and unique ceramics at auction. This market is stable, with a steady high sell-through rate around 89% (87% in 2004, 89% in 2005, 87% in 2011, and 90% in 2012), and prices that are still lower than the rest of Picasso's work. The broad range of estimates and sales prices help make this market attractive to many collectors, but also explain the high average sales prices, which are skewed by a few exceptional pieces. In the previous two years, more than 60 exceptional ceramic works sold for over US$100,000: 34 in 2011 and 29 in 2012 (vs. six in 2004 and 2005)." - The Story Behind Picasso Ceramics, by Fanny Lakoubay and Conner Williams, 2013
The famed artist Georges Bloch stated of Picasso’s ceramic works:
"…in approach, material and technique is as novel as it is interesting. Pottery, gleaming white discs with relief designs, monochrome or brightly coloured ovals, dishes and even jugs and vases here serve as bearers of compositions whose themes express the joyous, life-loving side of Picasso’s work. They are printed from blocks and stamps fashioned by the master over a period of more than twenty years in the Madoura pottery workshop in Vallauris.”
Back view of "Dove Subject" Pitcher by Pablo Picasso
Bottom view of "Dove Subject" Pitcher by Pablo Picasso showing the inscriptions 'EDITION PICASSO' and 'MADOURA' and showing the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' and 'EDITION PICASSO' pottery stamps
In 1937, Pablo Picasso was commissioned by the Spanish Republican government to create a large mural for the Spanish display at the "Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne" at the World's Fair in Paris. He created an enormous mural called “Guernica,” named after a Spanish town in the Basque country that had been firebombed by the Nazis, who were backers of the Nationalist forces of General Franco during the Spanish Civil War. This was the first political work that Picasso created, and it drew international attention to both the Spanish Civil War and to the horrors of war. “Guernica” soon gained monumental status, becoming a potent anti-war symbol; and in the process thrust Picasso into the forefront of the emerging world Peace Movement. In May 1940, Hitler invaded and occupied France. Throughout World War II Picasso, living in Nazi-occupied Paris, was continually harassed by the Gestapo who were familiar with his anti-Nazi mural.
With the international success of "Guernica" as a anti-war symbol, Picasso was invited to design an image to represent peace. He had painted and drawn pigeons and doves throughout his lifetime, and in 1949 the author Louis Aragon (a staunch supporter of the French Communist Party) chose the artist’s lithograph, “La Colombe (The Dove)" for a poster commemorating the Peace Conference in Paris. (Interestingly, the model for the famous “peace dove” was one of Henri Matisse‘s doves.) Posters of “La Colombe” were hung throughout Paris; and when Picasso’s daughter was born in April he named her Paloma, which is Spanish for dove.
Picasso later provided variations on the "Dove of Peace" theme for the Peace Congresses in Wroclaw, Stockholm, Sheffield, Vienna, Rome, and Moscow. The Peace Movement distributed images signed by Picasso, which were then multiplied throughout the world; thus creating an aura of notoriety around the artist. The “Dove of Peace” image caught the attention of the world; and would become a symbol for the peace movement, the Communist Party, and other liberal groups. In the years that followed, Picasso agreed to create other "peace doves" for conferences across Europe. Today, the modern "Dove of Peace" is a more whimsical bird than the 1949 original. The dove is portrayed in happy flight, bearing numerous bouquets of olive branches and flowers in its wings, beak, and feet; and has become one of the most recognizable works of art in the world!
This is an absolutely spectacular work of art by Pablo Picasso, because it depicts in three dimensions one of his most iconic images, the "Dove of Peace." The glazed white earthenware dove pitcher is beautifully painted in blue and black, with white enamel; and the work is almost nine inches long. A wonderful original work by the 20th century's greatest artist, and one of the most recognizable forms in the world! A fine addition to any art collection.
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