Pablo Picasso (1881 Málaga - 1973 Mougins) "Oursin". Original title Ceramic, 1955, light, cream-coloured body. Spherical moulded bowl on a stand ring. Inside relief decoration with stylised sea urchin, on the rim dat. "31.3.(19)55", painted in green, dark blue and black. Mould mark "MADOURA EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO". Numbered "26/150" (incised and painted in black). H. 6.2 cm; D. 17.8 cm. Cf./Lit.: Alain Ramié: "Picasso. Catalogue of the Edited Ceramic Works 1947-1971", no. 268. A glazed earthenware "Ousin" bowl with dark blue, green and black painted relief decor of an orchin (A. R. 268). Conceived by Picasso in 1955 and executed by the Madoura Pottery workshop in Vallauris in a numbered edition of 150. Dated "31.3.(19)55.", marked and numbered "MADOURA EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO", "26/150". France. Vallauris. Madoura workshop. 1955.