Plate

Pablo Picasso

c. 1950

Glazed ceramic

Minneapolis Institute of Art

A glazed ceramic plate depicts a bullfight scene with a matador on horseback confronting a bull. The figures are rendered in dark relief against a background of yellow, green, and blue washes. A glazed ceramic plate depicts a bullfight scene with a matador on horseback confronting a bull. The figures are rendered in dark relief against a background of yellow, green, and blue washes. Pablo Picasso began producing ceramics in 1947 at the Madoura pottery near Nice. There, he discovered a way to create original ceramics in limited editions. Using Picasso's prototypes, Madoura potters would make plaster models. Into these molds, they would press sheets of clay, carefully pull them out, and then form them into vessels of various kinds. The potters would then use glazes to decorate the forms to duplicate Picasso's originals Gall