Picasso, the printmaker at the Museo de Arte Abstracto Español

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Picasso at the Guggenheim Museum of New York

NEW YORK.- Picasso Black and White, the first major exhibition to focus on the artist’s l
lifelong exploration of a black-and-white palette throughout his prolific career, is being presented at the Guggenheim Museum. In this image: Head of a Horse, Sketch for Guernica (Tête de cheval, étude pour Guernica), Grands-Augustins, Paris, May 2, 1937. Oil on canvas, 65 x 92 cm. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Bequest of the artist© 2012 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: © Archivo fotográfico Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid

The Madoura Collection of Picasso Ceramics on sale at Christie's

Christie’s announced the sale of The Madoura Collection of Picasso Ceramics – the last ever opportunity for collectors to purchase these works by Picasso directly from where they were made, at the Madoura Pottery in Vallauris, France.

This unrivalled Collection is expected to reach around £2 million, and will be offered at Christie’s South Kensington saleroom over two days – at 4pm on 25 June and at 10am on 26 June 2012.  A broad selection of Picasso’s catalogue raisonné is on offer, dating from his earliest ceramics in 1947 through to his last in 1971, and estimates range from £100 up to £100,000.

India Phillips, Specialist, Impressionist and Modern Art, commented, “Never again will works of this quality and with such impeccable provenance be offered fresh to the market – direct from the Madoura Pottery where Picasso first fell in love with the medium and spent many of the happiest and most prolific years of his life.”

Alain Ramié commented, “Ceramics were a great passion of Picasso’s and they have been a source of a lifetime’s passion for me and my parents: now that the pottery is closed it is time for me to sell these works, and give Picasso lovers around the world the opportunity to share in the great joy that they have brought me.”