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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Visage de faune
dated '28.6.55.' (on the front); stamped with the signature and numbered 'Picasso 17/20' and stamped with the maker's mark of François and Pierre Hugo (on the reverse)
silver
Diameter: 10 3/8 in. (26.5 cm.)
Conceived on 28 June 1955 and executed in silver by François and Pierre Hugo, Paris, in an edition of 20 plus two artist's proofs and two exemplaires d'auteur
Visage de faune
dated '28.6.55.' (on the front); stamped with the signature and numbered 'Picasso 17/20' and stamped with the maker's mark of François and Pierre Hugo (on the reverse)
silver
Diameter: 10 3/8 in. (26.5 cm.)
Conceived on 28 June 1955 and executed in silver by François and Pierre Hugo, Paris, in an edition of 20 plus two artist's proofs and two exemplaires d'auteur
Provenance
Lionel Prejère, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the mother of the present owner, and thence by descent.
Acquired from the above by the mother of the present owner, and thence by descent.
Literature
F. & P. Hugo, Picasso, 19 plats en argent, Paris, 1977 (another version illustrated).
P. Hugo, Bijoux d'Artistes, Hommage à François Hugo, Aix-en-Provence, 2001, no. 1409 (gold version illustrated pp. 148 & 153).
P. Hugo, Bijoux d'Artistes, Hommage à François Hugo, Aix-en-Provence, 2001, no. 1409 (gold version illustrated pp. 148 & 153).
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium