The 'secret' silver plates Picasso designed

[Serpo]

The 'secret' silver plates Picasso designed for his own collection, inspired by his wife and his love of bullfighting... now set to sell for £1.5million

Spanish artist Pablo Picasso deigned the 24 plates between 1956 and 1967
He enlisted the help of renowned silversmith Francois Hugo to make them
Initially the artist had intended to keep the 24 artworks in his collection
However, he allowed a limited number of plates to be sold to connoisseurs

By Darren Boyle for MailOnline (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Darren+Boyle+for+MailOnline)
Published: 01:01 EST, 4 May 2016 | Updated: 01:13 EST, 4 May 2016


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A 'secret' collection of silver plates created by Pablo Picasso which were inspired by his wife, his love of bull fighting and his rival Henri Matisse are set to sell at auction for £1.5 million.
The Spanish-born artist created a large volume of ceramics and crockery during his prolific career, but he only crafted silver plates in 24 designs.
Next month will be the first time a full set of the collection will be sold in public.
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Pablo Picasso designed the 24 images between 1956 and 1967 which were made by silversmith Francios Hugo

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The artist created three designs, featuring bullfighting, his rival Henri Matisse and his second wife Jacqueline

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This is the first time a complete selection of the silver plates has gone on public sale according to Sotheby's

The collection is made up of three themes - his rival Henri Matisse, bullfighting and his second wife, Jacqueline Roque.
The artist created the 24 designs between 1956 and 1967 before the plates were made by the acclaimed French silversmith Francois Hugo.

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It was Picasso's plan to keep them for himself but in 1967, Hugo was authorised to make a limited number edition of each plate, with the items sold to a small circle of connoisseurs and friends.
As a result, the wider public wasn't aware of the plates until they were show for the first time at Picasso's 1977 solo exhibition.
Sotheby's today announced it will be the first auction house to ever sell a complete 24-strong collection of Picasso's silver plates.
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Picasso had planned to keep the collection himself, but in 1967 he authorised Hugo was authorised to make a limited number of the plates which were sold to a small circle of connoisseurs and friends

The collection will go under the hammer on June 23 at its sale in Hong Kong, with the auction house giving it a guide price of £1 million to £1.5 million.
Isaure de Viel Castel, head of Boundless Sales at Sotheby's Hong Kong, said: 'We are privileged and honoured to be entrusted with the sale of this unique set of 24 Picasso silver plates at the Boundless Sale in Hong Kong.
'Picasso's 24 silver plates offered as a single lot provide an unprecedented acquisition opportunity for collectors from the region and beyond.'







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[mamboni]

They look like the works of a child.

[Santa]

They look like the works of a child.

Yeah, they do... but he was painting like an adult when he was a child.
For instance, he painted this portrait of his mother when he was only 13.

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[Serpo]

Picasso was influenced by African masks and he was into cubism, meaning he was trying to portray 3D in 2D

[ximmy]

Picasso was influenced by African masks and he was into cubism, meaning he was trying to portray 3D in 2D


Guernica in 3D


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'Guernica' is a very large painting, measuring 3.5 metres in height and 7.8 metres in width. The painting is painted in oil and in monochrome colours of black, grey and white. The picture is full of symbols yet its overall theme is one of suffering. Suffering of innocent people and animals alike. From left to right the symbols are as follows:
Bull - The bull is depicted with a dark body and white head. The bull appears to be stunned or shocked at the horror surrounding him. When asked about the significance and meaning behind the animal, Pablo Picasso said it was to signify brutality and darkness.
Mother with a dead child - Underneath the image of the bull sits a woman clutching a dead child, her head facing the sky in an anguished cry, her eyes in the shape of tears. This image is meant to resemble the classic Catholic image of the Virgin and Child, albeit tainted by war.
http://www.spanish-art.org/images/gallery/guernica-3.jpgPidgeon - The pigeon can be found between the bull and the horse. It is not a very clear symbol as it appears to be just a flash of white. In general, this symbol has been considered as a representation of broken peace.
Dead soldier - The soldier is made up body parts and is not a complete body. We can see his head, one of his arms and the left forearm. In one of his hands, the soldier is holding a broken sword and a flower. The flower could therefore be interpreted as a ray of hope amongst all of the destruction.
Light bulb - The light bulb is a particularly intriguing symbol. It has been said that it represents technological advancement, as in the technological advancement being tested during the Guernica bombings. If you were to learn Spanish in Spain, you would find that the word for bulb 'bombilla' is also very similar to the word for bomb, 'bomba'.
Horse - Situated in the centre of the painting, it looks as though the horse is about to fall down. We can only see the head of the horse, with its mouth open. The rest of its body is overlapped by other images, which in turn form other images such as a human skull.
Kneeling woman - This woman has also been described as the 'Injured woman' as her leg is clearly visible and appears to be dislocated or broken. She is bleeding from the knee although she is trying to stop the flow with her hand.
Woman in the oil lamp - This woman's face appears from the oil lamp, illuminating the picture. Her face appears to be in a state of shock and bewilderment. She has been considered to be a ghostly representation of the Spanish Republic.
Imploring man - The man to the far right of the painting seems to be pleading at the sky, perhaps at the German planes above to stop the bombing. It has come to be a powerful artistic representation of the anti-war feelings in the painting.

In 1932 another famous twentieth century magician, C.G.Jung… recognised Picasso’s Harlequin as an underworld character, a master of disguise associated with the occult. Picasso identified with Harlequin whom he also associated with Christ due to the character’s mystical power over death. In Picasso’s “secret” Guernica, he has invoked a number of unseen Harlequins to overcome the forces of death represented in the painting.
https://i0.wp.com/web.org.uk/picasso/diamondharl_t.jpgThis is the largest Harlequin, which is cleverly hidden behind the surface imagery.
The outline of the face can be seen in the lines and background tones of the composition, the eyes and the tuft of hair to the right of the face are clearly visible.
The Harlequin appears to be crying a diamond tear for the victims of the bombing. The diamond is one of the Harlequin’s symbols and in Picasso’s work it is a personal signature.
Painters often rotate or invert paintings to check balance and stability in the composition.
Picasso knew from this and from his Cubist experiments that sideways or inverted imagery could have a powerful subliminal effect on the viewer and give a work hidden meanings and magical secrecy.
https://i1.wp.com/web.org.uk/picasso/rot90rharl_t.gifThe next Harlequin is easily recognisable as the painting is rotated 90 degrees to the right.
From this viewpoint, Harlequin’s hat becomes obvious as the figure appears to look upwards at the sky as if in reference to the bombing.
https://i1.wp.com/web.org.uk/picasso/rot90lharl_t.gifThis is another Harlequin, seen by rotating the painting 90 degrees to the left.
The outline of the face and traditional hat and mask make him identifiable. Picasso hid many magical images in his work by incorporating them sideways or upside down. Sometimes, as in this case, he placed other images over the top as camouflage.
https://i2.wp.com/web.org.uk/picasso/pandjharl_t.gifThis fourth Harlequin has been concealed by inversion, which is a common technique of encryption in Hermetic magic.
This Harlequin is identifiable by his triangular hat and serrated collar. He is constructed from components of Punch and Judy theatre. The hat is peaked with a crocodile’s jaw and his square mouth and face when viewed the right way up takes on the form of a traditional puppeteer’s theatre.
The Crocodile and the Harlequin are common characters in Punch and Judy shows, their inclusion in Guernica stems from Picasso’s love of puppetry which began before the turn of the century in Barcelona where he saw many such shows and even helped produce them with Pere Romeu at Els Quatre Ghats . The figure falling across the Harlequin’s face which is often assumed to be a woman, in fact bears a strong resemblance to Picasso, who appears to be identifying with the victims of the bombing.
https://i1.wp.com/web.org.uk/picasso/kneelingharl_t.gifThe next Harlequin image is again inverted and can be seen to the right of the previous Harlequin.
He is identifiable from his patchwork costume and triangular hat and appears to be kneeling on the ground as if watching the puppet show taking place opposite.
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[Serpo]

I took art at high school and won an art prize one year,in the final year all you get to do is learn about everyone elses art , Picasso , Braque , Cezanne, Van Gogh and others, but didnt get to do any of our own , which to me was a let down.

The artists all got sick of realistic type painting and Cezanne was the father of modern art , as he started doing paintings in an impressionist style which van gogh was brilliant at.

Who needs to see paintings exactly life like as thats how we see things normally anyway so they set out to create an impression instead , and so we get impressionism.

Its not so formal , more relaxing to look at , art changes all the time just like music.

Some of it we can loath and some of it we can love.

[hoarder]

"Modern Art" was foisted upon us by Jews. Picasso was probably a Jew. He looked like one.

[Santa]

"Modern Art" was foisted upon us by Jews. Picasso was probably a Jew. He looked like one.

The same could be said of "Modern Literature", "Modern Music", "Modern Science", "Modern Academia" and "Modern Media".
Even back then, Jews dominated Western Media through Publishing Houses and Marketing Agencies in NYC, Paris and London where they went on to dominate theater(Vaudeville) and cinema(Hollywood)..

Media and Money go hand in hand. Influence and power. If you look, there are Jews behind every major cultural event
in Modern Western History.


Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) novelist, poet, playwright and art collector. Born in the Allegheny West (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny_West_%28Pittsburgh%29) neighborhood of Pittsburgh (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania), and raised in Oakland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland,_California), California (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California), Stein moved to Paris (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris) in 1903, and made France her home for the remainder of her life. She hosted a Paris salon, where the leading figures in modernism in literature and art would meet, such as Pablo Picasso (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso), Ernest Hemingway (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway), F. Scott Fitzgerald (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald), Sinclair Lewis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Lewis), Ezra Pound (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Pound), and Henri Matisse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Matisse).[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Stein#cite_note-brbl-archive.library.yale.edu-1)



To be honest, I have no idea how to untangle "Western Civilization" from the clutches of Jewish influence, and I don't think anyone else does either.

[mamboni]

The same could be said of "Modern Literature", "Modern Music", "Modern Science", "Modern Academia" and "Modern Media".
Even back then, Jews dominated Western Media through Publishing Houses and Marketing Agencies in NYC, Paris and London where they went on to dominate theater(Vaudeville) and cinema(Hollywood)..

Media and Money go hand in hand. Influence and power. If you look, there are Jews behind every major cultural event
in Modern Western History.

[/B]

To be honest, I have no idea how to untangle "Western Civilization" from the clutches of Jewish influence, and I don't think anyone else does either.
Art was hijacked by the intellectuals under the license of subjectivism; which basically means any "creation" can be deemed of value and merit if the "authorities" say they are. And we all know who appoints the authorities.

As an avid music listener and student of [western] music history, I think the truly great composers would agree that what separates them from the diletantes and posers is dedication to craft. That you cannot fake. Stravinsky worked very hard every day at his craft. Creation of great art is far more craft than inspiration. To my ear, much of modern music is affectation and novelty but lacking in true original thought or craft. Ultimately what separates the great compositons from the cheap imitations is the goodness of time and perspective. It has taken me years of listening and playing to fully appreciate the genius in the works of Stravinsky, Bartok and others. Their works are examples of supreme execution of great craft.

In the visual arts, while I can appreciate the genius in the works of Monet and van Gogh, I think the works of Pollack and his ilk are a joke, a con job. Just my humble opinion.

[Santa]

In the visual arts, while I can appreciate the genius in the works of Monet and van Gogh, I think the works of Pollack and his ilk are a joke, a con job. Just my humble opinion.

It's a fact that Pollack and his ilk were financed by CIA intelligentsia, as part of a cold-war propaganda effort to shift the capital of the "Art World" from Paris to NYC.
This was admitted to by a Director of the CIA back in the 90's. I can't remember his name at the moment.

Speaking of dedication to craft, I'm not sure anyone in history can match Picasso's work ethic. It's said that he produced somewhere around 250,000 separate works.
If anything, Picasso didn't represent subjectivism at all. He was trying to find the essence of objective truth by working through whatever medium he put his hands on.
Not that everything he did was great or even good. Much of it was just practice.

Has anyone noticed that Ezra Pound was also a member of the Gloria Stein Salon group?

[singular_me]

no art should be worth million$... I am disgusted when just thinking of it. The art field as a whole is mere propaganda, even before modern art took over.

[Celtic Rogue]

They look like the works of a child.

I compare it to rap music. Rap is the everyone gets a trophy dumbed down type of music that takes little skill to be accepted by the masses. Compared to Music that uses traditional melodies and rhythm like rock or classical.


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http://youtu.be/-rLjyyU7jcA

[Serpo]

one of pollacks master pieces ........hahahahttps://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http:%2F%2Fwww.theclassycrafter.com %2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F07%2FJackson-Pollock-1.jpg&sp=7e6e9fae8d1687f98cb41d30f4fb01d7

[ximmy]

Here are a few more of the Communist Goals, as listed in the January 10, 1963 Congressional Record of the United States, concerning Degeneracy in the Arts and Entertainment.


22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to ‘eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms.’
23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art.
24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by call them ‘censorship’ and a violation of free speech and free press.
25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.
26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity, as ‘normal, natural, healthy (alternative) lifestyles.

http://www.goodnewsaboutgod.com/studies/political/world_order.htm