Pablo Picasso works on "La Pique" at the Madoura pottery. Vallauris 23.3.1953. - Photo by Edward Quinn

Pablo Picasso works on "La Pique" at the Madoura pottery. Vallauris 23.3.1953.

At the Madoura pottery in Vallauris, Pablo Picasso looks up from his work with an intense, wide-eyed gaze on March 23, 1953. Seated at a cluttered wooden table, the artist holds a fine-tipped paintbrush and what appears to be a pipe bowl. Before him, the rectangular ceramic platter "La Pique," featuring a stylized bull-like figure, rests among bowls of glaze and brushes. Dressed in a textured V-neck sweater, Picasso is captured from a slightly high angle in the rustic studio environment.


Artworks:

  • "La Pique", 1953. RamieG:127
  • Abbreviations: see Bibliography


Keywords:

AtWork, BullfightArt, Ceramics, PaintingUtensils

Filename:

pic530110.jpg



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