Fish Subject | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2002.139
People: Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Spanish (Malaga, Spain 1881 - 1973 Mougins, France)
Title: Fish Subject
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Sujet Poisson
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 1952
Culture: Spanish
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/172984

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black and ivory paint on terre de faience

Dimensions

12.7 x 22.86 x 9.53 cm (5 x 9 x 3 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

stamp: base (underside), French: Pottery studio stamp (Madoura)--stamp is blurry and unreadable; also stamp of words "Edition Picasso"
inscription: base (underside), French: "Edition Picasso Madoura" carved into black-painted clay

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Estate of Leigh Minturn, ?, ?, Bequest to Fogg museum, 1.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Leigh Minturn
Copyright: © Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year: 2002
Object Number: 2002.139
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: This fish-shaped turned pitcher is part of an unnumbered edition of 500, produced by Madoura Pottery.

Publication History

Alain Ramié, Picasso: Catalogue of the Edited Ceramic Works, 1947-1971, Madoura (Vallauris, France, 1988), p. 78, cat. no. 139 (reproduced in color)

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2002.139: Fish Subject