by Toma Haines

 

Did you know you could own a Picasso? At a recent Christie's auction house sale, some of Picasso's works sold for as low as 300! Yep, I'm talking about Pablo Picasso - this isn't a Pascale or Perry Picasso reproduction. Picasso's work is actually accessible to the masses! Not only was Picasso a famed artist with paintings well beyond my personal price-range, but he was also a Studio Potter.

Rumor has it that in 1947 Picasso became obsessed with ceramics and continued to spin the wheel until his death in 1973. Using clay as a medium, Picasso turned the world on its axis, treating ceramics as if they were an extension of his canvas, designing plates, jugs & vases in animal shapes or depicting paintings of the body as only Picasso could represent the human anatomy! He was influenced by mythological and classical themes as much as by the Iberian & Mediterranean due to his life on the Coasta Diva.

And here's a fun fact for you: It was through pottery that Picasso met Jacqueline Roque whom he eventually married and whisked away to Mougins, France where Picasso & his "femme" continued creating ceramics in wedded bliss, flooding the market with a fair share of their creations at down-right reasonable prices. Which means next time you have a cocktail party, you can serve Sangria in your Picasso jug and casually mention, "Did I tell you I just bought a Picasso?"

Bonne Shopping!
The Antiques Diva

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