¤ PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) CARREAU 'FAUNE EN BUSTE AUX MAROTTES', 1956 in white earthenware, decorated with engobes and metallic oxides Signed, dated 'le 1er.12.56' and dedicated 'Pour Jean Ramié' with the mark 'Proceram France' on the underside Unique copy Earthenware, painted and partially glazed; signed, dated 'le 1er.12.56', dedicated 'Pour Jean Ramié' and 'Proceram France' mark on the underside; this work is unique 15,1 X 15,1 CM - 6 X 6 IN. A certificate from Monsieur Claude Picasso, dated November 10, 2020, will be given to the purchaser "It's strange, in Paris I never draw fauns, centaurs or mythological heroes like these; it seems that they only live here [in Cannes]" Pablo Picasso "During the years 1956 and 1957, Picasso also decorated a considerable number of tiles, tomettes and Spanish dishes. Simple tiles at first, where he would multiply variations on the themes of fauna faces, making profuse use of ceramic pigment sticks which he could use as pastels, then slightly larger tiles whose compartmentalized reverse sides were often decorated." Paul Bourassa, "Encounters with Ceramics," in Picasso and Ceramics, cat. exhibition, Musée national des Beaux-Arts du Québec, May 6-August 29, 2004, Gardiner Museum of Ceramic in Toronto, September 28, 2004-January 23, 2005, and Musée Picasso d'Antibes, February 12-May 29, 2005, Paris: Hazan, 2004, p. 70.