Lot Essay
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Scène de tauromachie
Details
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Scène de tauromachie
stamped 'Madoura Plein Feu' (underneath)
fully glazed ceramic plate
Length: 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm.)
Executed in 1947; this work is unique
Scène de tauromachie
stamped 'Madoura Plein Feu' (underneath)
fully glazed ceramic plate
Length: 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm.)
Executed in 1947; this work is unique
Provenance
Succession Picasso (no. 57180).
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
L. Elke & B. Zimmermann, Picasso, Leben und Werk, Cologne, 1999 (illustration p. 85).
Exhibited
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Picasso Céramiques, March - May 1990, no. 22.
Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Picasso, Scolpire e dipingere la ceramica, February - May 2000, no 125 (illustrated p. 149).
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Pablo Picasso, Keramik und Grafik, October 2008 - January 2009, no. 9 (illustrated).
Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Picasso, Scolpire e dipingere la ceramica, February - May 2000, no 125 (illustrated p. 149).
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Pablo Picasso, Keramik und Grafik, October 2008 - January 2009, no. 9 (illustrated).
Special Notice
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