Cogida, round dish
(1959)
from the Service de scenes de corrida series 1959
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
3.7 × 41.0 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by John and Cecily Adams, 2021
© Sucession Picasso/Copyright Agency
Gallery location
Late 19th & early 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Picasso engaged regularly with the subject of the corrida in his ceramics from 1953 to 1959 and this dish shows a particularly lively scene with a matador being thrown in the air while another tries to distract the bull. The dish is dated in reverse at the top right, 1.7.59, and represents one of the last occasions that Picasso explored this iconic subject.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Vallauris, France
Edition
ed. 30/50
Inscription
moulded in relief (reversed) u.r.: • (…illeg.) • 7 • 1
impressed in base c.: MADOURA / (fire) / PLEIN / FEU
impressed in base c.: EMPREINTE / ORIGINALE DE / PICASSO
painted in black on base c.r.: 30/50
Accession Number
2021.145
Department
International Decorative Arts