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Pablo Picasso — Sujet poisson (Fish Subject)
Pablo Picasso

Sujet poisson (Fish Subject)

A playful yet striking ceramic pitcher crafted from red earthenware, adorned with bold black and white painted designs that reflect Picasso's unmistakable graphic sensibility. The fish motif winds across the vessel's surface with a fluid, gestural quality, transforming a functional object into a dynamic work of art. This piece exemplifies Picasso's celebrated foray into ceramics, where he brought the same inventive spirit and spontaneity that defined his work on canvas.

Medium
Red earthenware turned pitcher painted in black and white,

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Evening & Day Editions

October 28, 2014

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Pablo Picasso, Sujet poisson (Fish Subject)

A playful yet striking ceramic pitcher crafted from red earthenware, adorned with bold black and white painted designs that reflect Picasso's unmistakable graphic sensibility. The fish motif winds across the vessel's surface with a fluid, gestural quality, transforming a functional object into a dynamic work of art. This piece exemplifies Picasso's celebrated foray into ceramics, where he brought the same inventive spirit and spontaneity that defined his work on canvas.

Medium
Red earthenware turned pitcher painted in black and white,
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th Century, Cubism, Male Artist, Fish Subject, Ceramic Art, Modernism, Earthenware, Pottery, Spanish Artist, Master Artist, Figurative, Black and White

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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