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Centaure ailé au hibou
Details
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Centaure ailé au hibou
numbered '8/12' (on the back left leg); stamped with foundry mark 'C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the front left leg)
bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 5 in. (12.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1950; this bronze version cast in 1962
Centaure ailé au hibou
numbered '8/12' (on the back left leg); stamped with foundry mark 'C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the front left leg)
bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 5 in. (12.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1950; this bronze version cast in 1962
Provenance
Alexander Iolas, New York.
By descent from the above to the present owner.
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Literature
W. Spies, Picasso, Das Platische Werk, Berlin, 1983, p. 389, no. 383A.
W. Spies, Picasso Sculpteur, Paris, 2000, p. 410, no. 383A.
W. Spies, Picasso Sculpteur, Paris, 2000, p. 410, no. 383A.
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