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The storerooms at Madoura pottery where Pablo Picasso keeps the originals. Among the finished ceramics, three works portraying Francoise. Vallauris 1953. - Photo by Edward Quinn

The storerooms at Madoura pottery where Pablo Picasso keeps the originals. Among the finished ceramics, three works portraying Francoise. Vallauris 1953.

A corner of the storerooms at Madoura pottery in Vallauris, 1953, reveals a dense collection of original ceramics by Pablo Picasso. Against rough, whitewashed stone walls, shelves hold stylized figures and double-faced vases, while a ledge displays smaller whimsical sculptures. Leaning below are long wooden boards painted with elongated female figures, among which are three works portraying Françoise Gilot. Decorated plates, painted tiles, and a sculpted head complete the arrangement in the foreground.

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Artworks:

  • On the rear shelf from left: "Femme à l'amphore", 1947. MPParis:3680
  • "Vase: femme" or "Femme aux mains cachées", 1949. RamieG:100; MPParis:3693
  • "Musicien", not 1961! Spies:623
  • Behind it "Tête de faune", 1949. Spies:341;
  • "Tanagra noir et bleue", 1953. Richardson.2012:288
  • "Tanagra", 1949. , Richardson.2012:291
  • Tanagra (femme vase) far right >> Artwork(s) not yet identified
  • On the floor "Gazelle de four decorée d'une femme nue", 1950. MPParis:3701
  • "Femme debout" or "Femme nue", 1950. RamieG:104; MPParis:3700
  • "Françoise au corsage imprimé", 1950. Cowling, E., Golding, J. Picasso, Sculptor/Painter, London 1994:134
  • "Femme" body/corps, 1948. McCully.1998: 58
  • "Femme aux cheveux verts" top part (head) of 3, 1948. McCully.1998:58
  • In front "Grande tête sculptée au nœud", 1950. Cowling, E., Golding, J. Picasso, Sculptor/Painter, London 1994:107; Lettres Françaises, Juin 1948

    • Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

ArtNotIdentified, Ceramics, Music, Musicians, Sculptures

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