Picasso, Pablo, Madoura Ceramic Bottle, Ramie 249, 1954 Start Price USD 27,000.00 Current Price USD 27,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, June 27, 2008 End Time Monday, July 07, 2008 Location Masterworks Fine Art, Oakland Hills, CA See more about 'Picasso, Pablo, Madoura Ceramic Bottle, Ramie 249, 1954' Description --> home current inventory search art knowledge art commentary buy art about us contact us Title: Engraved Bottle, 1954Artist: Picasso, PabloMedium: White earthenware clay, decoration in Engobes and Paraffin, Boring-Rod Engraved, on White Enamel with Black and BeigeImage Size: Height: 18.5 in (46.99 cm)Sheet Size: Greatest Width: 6.25 in (15.86 cm)Signature: This work contains guaranteed authentic 'Edition Picasso' and 'Madoura' Stamps on the bottom of the base. Written onto the base is also the text, 'Edition Picasso'Edition: Numbered 9/300 on the bottom of the baseCondition: Very fine condition with wonderful markings, beautiful glossy and matte finish glazes, wonderful work!  Description:This delightfully charming ceramic vase is notable for it’s wonderful large scale, combined matte and glossy glazes, and signature playful primitive design concepts. Created in 1954, this ceramic turned vase was created from white earthenware clay. It was intricately decorated in engobes and paraffin, with boring-rod engraving on white enamel with black and beige. Numbered 9/300 on the bottom of the base, this work contains guaranteed authentic ‘Edition Picasso’ and ‘Madoura’ Stamps on the bottom of the base. Written onto the base is also the text, ‘Edition Picasso’. Constructed with a slender vase opening and traditionally wide base, this is a very large scale Madoura ceramic, measuring 18.5” (46.99 cm) tall. The black, beige, and white decorate is truly exquisite. In this piece, Picasso has combined flat surface and incised decorative areas that create alternating areas of depth within the work. The matte and glossy glazes add the diverse decorative styles of the work. The simplified smiling figure is cheerful and imaginative, and it reflects Picasso’s ongoing interest in twentieth century “primitivism,” also understood as the reduction of form to its most basic, or primitive, state. FREESTANDING VASE PLACEMENT:A freestanding ceramic vase is best enjoyed in an environment where it is accessible from all sides. Pedestals are often an appropriate way to showcase larger ceramic pieces. In some instances collectors have chosen to encase the freestanding ceramic under traditional museum bonnets. Museum bonnets are transparent acrylic cubes constructed with one open side that can be placed over the ceramic as an added layer of protection from an unpredictable environment. If you are placing the ceramic in an area where it might be touched or disturbed, the museum bonnet is an excellent conservation solution that can be custom made to fit over your ceramic. If you would like more information please contact finepoints@masterworksfineart.com PROVENANCE:Private Collection, Italy. Catalogue Raisonné & COA:It is fully documented and referenced in (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that I will enclose with the sale of the work) : 1) Ramié, Alain. Picasso Catalogue of the edited ceramic works 1947-1971.   1988, listed as cat no 249 on pg. 132.2) Edward and Ann Weston Collection, Picasso 25 Years of Edition Ceramics, listed as cat no 29 on page 20. Style: 20th Century Modern Art, Modern Artist, Cubism, Cubist Who is Masterworks Fine Art? Masterworks Fine Art, Inc. strives to be the best source of fine art for our clients and collectors all over the world. 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