Pablo Picasso (1881 Málaga - 1973 Mougins) "Profile de taureau". Original title Ceramic (faience), 1956, slightly convex, rounded wall plate with hanging loop on the back. Hanging loop on the back. Relief decoration with a bull's head in profile, combined with a wax wash technique and black painting. Dated "XXII II (19)56" (mirror image in relief). Verso impressed marks "EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO" and "MADOURA PLEIN FEU". D. 24.7 cm. Cf./Lit.: Alain Ramié: "Picasso. Catalogue of the Edited Ceramic Works 1947-1971", no. 317. Glazed earthenware "Profil de taureau" wall plaque with black painted relief decor in wax resist technique (A. R. 317). Dated 'XXII II 56' (in reverse; lower right), conceived by Picasso in 1956 and executed by the Madoura Pottery workshop in Vallauris in an edition of 450. Impressed marks "EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO" and "MADOURA PLEIN FEU". France. Vallauris. Madoura workshop. 1956.