Picasso’s She Goat

Monday, March 22, 2010

From 1948 until 1955, Pablo Picasso worked in a studio in Vallauris, France, next to a yard into which potters tossed debris such as pieces of metal and shards of ceramics.

After deciding to sculpt his She Goat, Picasso searched the yard for discarded materials that could suggest parts of the animal’s body.

He crafted a skeleton with these objects, and filled out the sculpture with plaster. A wicker basket formed the goat’s rib cage; two ceramic jugs were modified to serve as its udders. Flat palm fronds shaped the slope of the goat’s spine and the length of its snout, and metal scraps were used as structural units throughout.

Today, the goat resides in New York at the Museum of Modern Art.

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One Response to “Picasso’s She Goat”

  1. That’s about the BEST thing Picasso ever did! Most of his works look like a pre-schooler did them!

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