PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) & MADOURA "Head of a Woman Crowned with Flowers", the model created on 20 March 1954, print no. 11/100 Vase-pitcher. Authentic replica limited and edited to one hundred copies; all numbered and made at Madoura. Proof in white earthenware, decoration with engobes under partial glaze with a brush, grey patina; yellow, green, black, white. Marked in engraving in a black cartouche on the reverse: Edition PICASSO 11/100 MADOURA; the date of creation of the model inscribed towards the base. H. 22.5 cm. Bibliography: Alain Ramié - Picasso, catalogue of the ceramic work published 1947-1971 - Madoura Editions, 1988. Identical model reproduced on page 126 under the number 237 of the catalogue

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