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Pablo Picasso
Danseurs et Joueur de Diaule (Dancers and Diaulos Player), 1956

1956

$13,000
$20,25035% Off
£9,899.49
£15,420.3635% Off
€11,304.59
€17,609.0735% Off
CA$18,266.60
CA$28,453.7535% Off
A$20,041.95
A$31,219.1935% Off
CHF 10,557.13
CHF 16,444.7735% Off
MX$238,420.09
MX$371,385.1435% Off
NOK 135,235.62
NOK 210,655.4935% Off
SEK 123,488.59
SEK 192,357.2335% Off
DKK 84,456.15
DKK 131,556.6935% Off

About the Item

Danseurs et Joueur de Diaule (Dancers and Diaulos Player), A.R. 341 can be compared to several other white earthenware pieces created by Picasso in 1956. Each depicts the carefree imagery of dancers, musicians, and fauns to which the artist returns time and again. Framed under a sloping mountain, two figures dance with arms raised above their heads, hands clasped in a spontaneous gesture. Leafy trees and flowers mark both ends of the composition. To the right the diaulos player lends his music while a reclining figure in the foreground listens; the bent knee mirrors the peak in the distance just as the musician's linear form echoes the thick tree trunk at right. The raised image occupies real space, its volume adding substance. Created in 1956, this Madoura round/square dish of white earthenware clay is numbered from the edition of 100. This work is stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' and 'EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO' pottery stamps on the reverse. Catalogue Raisonné: This work is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices accompanying the final sale of the work): 1. Ramié, Alain. Picasso Catalogue of the Edited Ceramic Works 1947-1971. Madoura: Galerie Madoura, 1988. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 341.
  • Creator:
    Pablo Picasso (1881-1973, Spanish)
  • Creation Year:
    1956
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 14.5 in (36.83 cm)Diameter: 14.5 in (36.83 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Palo Alto, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 44961stDibs: LU1567210763872

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