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Sculpteur et modèle admirant

Description of Art: Sculpteur et modèle admirant exemplifies Pablo Picasso’s inventive approach to ceramic art, presenting an intimate and playful scene of an artist and model rendered in bold, simplified forms. Using confident, fluid lines and expressive distortion, Picasso reduces the figures to their essential gestures, allowing emotion and interaction to take precedence over realism. The composition carries a sense of immediacy and curiosity, as if capturing a private moment of shared admiration between creator and subject. Through its spontaneous drawing style and graphic clarity, the plate transforms a classical artistic theme into a modern, lively exploration of creativity, observation, and the relationship between artist and muse.

Plate Title: Sculpteur et modèle admirant

Artist: Pablo Picasso
Year Published: 1933
Size of plate: 10 1/2” x 7 5/8”

Collection #: BB-1317

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