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Pablo Picasso — Pichet aux oiseau (Alan Ramié 456)
Pablo Picasso

Pichet aux oiseau (Alan Ramié 456)

1962

"Pichet aux oiseau" (Pitcher with Birds) is a ceramic work by Pablo Picasso created during his prolific pottery period at Madoura in Vallauris, France, catalogued as Alan Ramié 456 in the standard reference. The piece exemplifies Picasso's characteristic approach to ceramics, combining his distinctive artistic vocabulary of simplified bird forms with functional vessel design. Like much of his ceramic output from the 1950s onward, the work demonstrates how Picasso playfully integrated modernist abstraction with traditional pottery techniques and decorative traditions.

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February 19, 2025

Estimate: $8,000$12,000

Lot 229

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Pablo Picasso, Pichet aux oiseau (Alan Ramié 456), 1962

"Pichet aux oiseau" (Pitcher with Birds) is a ceramic work by Pablo Picasso created during his prolific pottery period at Madoura in Vallauris, France, catalogued as Alan Ramié 456 in the standard reference. The piece exemplifies Picasso's characteristic approach to ceramics, combining his distinctive artistic vocabulary of simplified bird forms with functional vessel design. Like much of his ceramic output from the 1950s onward, the work demonstrates how Picasso playfully integrated modernist abstraction with traditional pottery techniques and decorative traditions.

Year
1962
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

20th Century, Decorative Vessel, Cubism, Earthenware technique, Playful And Whimsical, Ceramic Pottery, Modernism, Spanish Artist, Birds and nature, Animal Motifs

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Collected by

Sebastián In Situ, Richard Caswell, Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Sebastián Naranjo, Alex Capecelatro, Saul Beceiro Novo