PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) & ATELIER MADOURA Picador and bull, model created on [September 25, 1953]. Round/square plate. Original print, produced at Madoura in an edition of two hundred. Proof in white earthenware, decorated with oxidized kerosene, white and black enamel bath. Bears the original PICASSO and MADOURA Plein Feu stamps on the reverse. Diameter: 25.3 cm Bibliography Alain Ramié - Picasso, catalog de l'œuvre céramique édité 1947-1971 - Éditions Madoura, 1988. Identical model reproduced on page 106 under catalog number 194.

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