Picasso, Pablo, Madoura Ceramic Owl, Ramie 605, 1969 Start Price USD 17,500.00 Current Price USD 17,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, May 12, 2008 End Time Thursday, May 22, 2008 Location Masterworks Fine Art, Oakland Hills, CA See more about 'Picasso, Pablo, Madoura Ceramic Owl, Ramie 605, 1969' Description Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Wood-Owl, Madoura Ceramic Turned Vase ARTIST: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) TITLE: Wood-Owl, 1969 MEDIUM: White earthenware clay, engobe decoration engraved by boring-rod under partial brushed glaze, black patina HEIGHT: 11 ½" (29.21cm) GREATEST WIDTH: approx 10" (25.4cm) SIGNATURE: This work contains guaranteed authentic 'Edition Picasso' and 'Madoura Plein Feu' stamps on the bottom of the base. Written into the glaze is also the text, 'Edition | Picasso | 170/500' with 'R148 | Madoura' inscribed along the inner sides of the base. EDITION: Numbered 170/500 on the inner wall of the base. CONDITION: In good condition with pristine markings. DISCUSSION: Created in 1969, this white, ceramic turned vase has been inscribed and stamped in the base: 'Edition Picasso' and 'Madoura Plein Feu' with hand written, inscribed text detailing the publisher and edition: 'Edition | Picasso | 170/500' and 'R148 | Madoura.' It has been made using white, earthenware clay with engobe decoration engraved by a boring-rod under a partial, brushed glaze. This charming and delicate turned vase inhabits all the qualities unique to Pablo Picasso's limited œuvre of ceramic works. Having been known for his series of owl ceramics, Wood Owl stands apart from the rest having the most painterly, detailed qualities of its natural counterpart: an owl with ruffled feathers and varying tones and highlights imitating its natural environment. With whimsical, engobe decoration, Picasso has incorporated traditional features of a vase and pitcher to create an owl's abstracted form. With the lip of the vase serving as its beak, this Wood Owl is decoratively marked using alternating glazed and unglazed portions, creating a textured surface realistically rendered to feign the owl's feather coat. It is a stunning work only to be admired and appreciated in person as one can experience its full, three-dimensional effect by observing its features from all sides. PROVENANCE: From the estate of Harriette Alper Gifford. DOCUMENTATION / 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. Online Picasso Project. http://picasso.tamu.edu . Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. OPP.69:011. 2. Ramié, Alain. Picasso Catalogue of the edited ceramic works 1947-1971, Galerie Madoura, 1988. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 605 on pgs. 290-1. 3. Ramié, Georges. Picasso's Ceramics, Viking Press: New York, 1976. 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