Large Bird, Black Face Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, active France, 1881–1973)

1951

Modern and Contemporary Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

White earthenware clay with decoration in engobes, knife engraved

Dimensions

21 7/16 × 16 15/16 in. (54.5 × 43 cm)

Credit Line

Katharine Ordway Collection

Accession Number

1980.12.46

Geography

Made in France

Culture

Spanish

Period

20th century

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

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Bibliography
  • Susan Greenberg Fisher et al., Picasso and the Allure of Language, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2009), 240.
  • Lesley K. Baier, The Katharine Ordway Collection, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1983), 108, 111, no. 74.
Object copyright
© Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
In Copyright
Additional information

Subject

birds (animals)

Edition

25

Marks

Stamped inside: "MADOURA, PLEIN FEU", "D'APRES PICASSO", and "19 [in a circle]"

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