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Quatre poissons
Details
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Quatre poissons
dated '29.6.50' (on the upper rim); inscribed and dated 'VALLAURIS 1 juillet 1950' (underneath)
partially glazed terracotta vase
Height: 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm.)
Executed on 1 July 1950; this work is unique
Quatre poissons
dated '29.6.50' (on the upper rim); inscribed and dated 'VALLAURIS 1 juillet 1950' (underneath)
partially glazed terracotta vase
Height: 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm.)
Executed on 1 July 1950; this work is unique
Provenance
Succession Picasso.
Jacqueline Picasso, Mougins.
Catherine Hutin, Paris, by descent from the above.
Acquired from the above by the late Ernst Beyeler.
Jacqueline Picasso, Mougins.
Catherine Hutin, Paris, by descent from the above.
Acquired from the above by the late Ernst Beyeler.
Literature
C. P. Warncke & I. F. Walter, Pablo Picasso, vol. II, Cologne, 1991 (illustrated p. 492).
Exhibited
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Pablo Picasso, Keramik und Grafik, October 2008 - January 2009, no. 11 (illustrated).
Special Notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
Sale Room Notice
Please note, the work is further dated '29.6.50' (on the upper rim)
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