PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Picador and bull, 1959 Round/square plate White earthenware, engobe underglaze partial brush decoration, red patina Black, ivory Numbered 94/100 and debossed with "Madoura Plein Feu" and "Empreinte originale Picasso" on reverse Edition of 40 Diameter: 24.5 cm White earthenware ceramic plate with colored engobe and glaze Numbered 94/100 and stamped "Madoura Plein Feu", "Empreinte Originale de Picasso" underneath Diameter: 9 5/8 in. Provenance Sotheby's, October 22, 1997, no. 123 (label on back) Private collection Bibliography Alain Ramié, "Picasso, catalog de l'oeuvre céramique édité 1947-1971", Éditions Madoura, 1988, similar model referenced under no. 438 and reproduced on page 230.