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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Quatres visages
stamped 'Madoura Plein Feu d'Après Picasso' (underneath)
fully glazed ceramic pitcher
Height: 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1959 and executed in an edition of 300
Quatres visages
stamped 'Madoura Plein Feu d'Après Picasso' (underneath)
fully glazed ceramic pitcher
Height: 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1959 and executed in an edition of 300
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
A. Ramié, Picasso, Catalogue de l'oeuvre céramique edité, 1947-1971, Madoura, 1988, no. 436 (another version illustrated p. 229).
Exhibited
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Pablo Picasso, Keramik und Grafik, October 2008 - January 2009, no. 23 (illustrated).
Special Notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
Sale Room Notice
Claude Picasso has confirmed that this work is unique and comes from the Succession Picasso. It was the prototype for the edition of the same name.
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