PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) & ATELIER MADOURA Four entwined profiles, the model created in [1949]. Round-square plate. Original print from a limited edition of twenty-five made by Madoura. Proof in white earthenware, decorated with underglaze engobes; black, green. The reverse is decorated. Engraved with PICASSO's Empreinte Originale and MADOURA Plein Feu on the reverse. Diameter: 27 cm Small scattered chips and chips on the rim of the reverse, small scattered glaze chips. Bibliography : Alain Ramié - Picasso, catalog de l'oeuvre céramique édité 1947-1971 - Éditions Madoura, 1988. Identical model reproduced on page 54 and referenced under number 86.

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