¤ PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) PLAT 'POUR JEAN RAMIÉ', 1966 earthenware, decorated with ceramic pastels under glaze The reverse side left in bare earth Dedicated 'Pour Jean Ramié' and dated '25.12.66' Unsigned Unique copy Earthenware, painted and glazed; dedicated 'Pour Jean Ramié' and dated '25.12.66'; unsigned; this work is unique 26,5 X 26,2 CM - 10 3/8 X 10 1/4 IN. A certificate from Monsieur Claude Picasso, dated November 10, 2020, will be given to the purchaser "One summer afternoon in 1971, when we (Suzanne Ramié and myself) had brought to Pablo, at Notre-Dame-de-Vie, some ceramics hot out of the kiln, as we often did, at the rate of two or three times a week during periods of intense ceramic creation, Pablo, after having carefully examined the result of the firing, made possible retouching and proceeded to put in patina those that required it, ceremoniously invited us to follow him. He led us to a door, opened it and let us into a room that he had just had fitted out and in which almost all of his ceramic work was carefully arranged on shelves. Thousands of pieces, the result of an incessant collaboration devoid of any spirit of profit, based on mutual esteem and true friendship, were gathered there! - All of them, without exception, had passed through our hands at one stage or another of their elaboration. For long minutes we remained frozen, mute, religiously contemplating them, rediscovering those that our memory had forgotten, bringing back the significant episodes of the birth of one or other of them. The door closed too soon, and this was the only time I had the opportunity to see them all together. Thus was celebrated in the strictest cordial intimacy the anniversary of a quarter of a century of ceramics at Madoura." Jean Ramié, 1975, quoted in Picasso, Céramiste à Vallauris, Pièces uniques, cat. expo, Musée Magnelli-Musée de la Céramique de Vallauris, Vallauris: 2004, p. 153.