Cruchon Hibou
Pablo Picasso
In 1946 Pablo Picasso adopted an injured owl, which he named Ubu. ‘We put him in the kitchen with the canaries, the pigeons and the turtle doves,’ wrote the artist’s lover, Françoise Gilot. ‘He smelled awful.’ The artist frequently depicted owls in his art.
Cruchon Hibou
Pablo Picasso
- Artist
- Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
- Title
- Cruchon Hibou
- Medium
- Partially glazed ceramic pitcher
- Date
- Conceived in 1955
- Height
- 26 cm: 10 1/4 in.
- Edition
- From the edition of 500
- Stamps / inscriptions
- Stamped and marked 'Madoura Plein Feu/Edition Picasso/Edition Picasso Madoura' on the base
- Publisher
- Editions Picasso, Madoura Plein Feu Ed.
- Literature
- A. Ramié no.293 (another version illustrated p.152)
- Reference
- CC12-34
- Status
- Available for sale, please enquire for price
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