Jacqueline at the Easel

Pablo Picasso

1881–1973

Jacqueline at the Easel, 1956

Where object was made: France

Material/technique: glaze; earthenware

Dimensions:
Object Diameter (Diameter): 42.6 cm
Object Diameter (Diameter): 16 3/4 in

Credit line: Gift of Julia and Dean Mayberry

Accession number: 1991.0085

Not on display

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Archive Label 1999: Denying the traditional relegation of ceramics to the lesser status of craft, Picasso approached the making of ceramics with considerable energy. Working at the Madoura ceramics workshop starting in about 1946, he used the medium as a way to merge sculpture and painting, a goal that he had long been seeking in his work. Pieces such as this one were produced by taking an incised image that Picasso made in a matrix of hardened plaster, and then transferring it onto a plaque of clay, or lastre, by pressing it.