Tête de chèvre de profil. 1952.
Ceramics. Whitei sherd with engobe and color glazing.
Stand with the embossing stamps "Madoura plein feu" and "Empreinte originale de Picasso" as well as numbered and with the gallery label. One of 100 copies. Diameter: 41 cm (16.1 in).

• The goat, with its expressive strength, non-conformity and rebelliousness, is one of Picasso's central animal motifs.
• In the Madoura workshop in Vallauris in the south of France, Picasso found new creative expression at the end of the 1940s.
• The ceramic works represent a significant part of his oeuvre in terms of their scope, variety and expressiveness.
• This year many museums around the world dedicate special exhibitions to the artist who died 50 years ago.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Beyeler, Basel (with the label).
Private collection Bavaria.

LITERATURE: Alain Ramié, Picasso. Catalogue of the edited ceramic works 1947-1971, Vallauris 1988, no. 155 (illustrated).

In good condition. Surface barely noticeably soiled in places on recto and verso.