Lot Essay
Claude Ruiz-Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Gros oiseau visage noir
Details
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Gros oiseau visage noir
stamped 'D'APRES PICASSO MADOURA PLEIN FEU' (inside the upper rim); incised 'HORS SERIE' (inside the base)
large ceramic vase, engraved and painted with coloured slips and glazes
Height: 21½ in. (56 cm.)
Conceived in 1951; this work is unique
Gros oiseau visage noir
stamped 'D'APRES PICASSO MADOURA PLEIN FEU' (inside the upper rim); incised 'HORS SERIE' (inside the base)
large ceramic vase, engraved and painted with coloured slips and glazes
Height: 21½ in. (56 cm.)
Conceived in 1951; this work is unique
Provenance
Private collection, Europe.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
A. Ramié, Picasso, catalogue de l'oeuvre céramique édité, 1947-1971, Madoura, 1988, no. 118 (the version from the edition illustrated p. 69).
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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