Gift of the artist
François Hugo, Aix-en-Provence
By descent to the present owner
Claire Siaud and Pierre Hugo, Bijoux d'artistes: Hommage à François Hugo, Orfève, Aix-en-Provence, 2001, no. 1428 (illustration of another example p. 170)
Douglas Cooper, Picasso, 19 plats en argent par François et Pierre Hugo, Paris, 1977
Georges Bloch, Pablo Picasso: Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé céramique, 1949-1971, vol. III, Bern, 1972, no. 107 (ceramic version illustrated)
Alain Ramié, Picasso, Catalogue of the Edited Ceramic Works, 1947-1971, Madoura, 1988, no. 333-34 (ceramic version illustrated)
Spanish • 1881 - 1973
One of the most dominant and influential artists of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso was a master of endless reinvention. While significantly contributing to the movements of Surrealism, Neoclassicism and Expressionism, he is best known for pioneering the groundbreaking movement of Cubism alongside fellow artist Georges Braque in the 1910s. In his practice, he drew on African and Iberian visual culture as well as the developments in the fast-changing world around him.
Throughout his long and prolific career, the Spanish-born artist consistently pushed the boundaries of art to new extremes. Picasso's oeuvre is famously characterized by a radical diversity of styles, ranging from his early forays in Cubism to his Classical Period and his later more gestural expressionist work, and a diverse array of media including printmaking, drawing, ceramics and sculpture as well as theater sets and costumes designs.
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