Lot 53
  • 53

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Vase Aztèque aux quatre visages (A. R. 402)
  • ceramic
  • height: 500mm 19 5/8 in
Terre de faïence vase, 1957, numbered 6/100, incised 'Edition Picasso' and 'Madoura', painted, with the Edition Picasso and Madoura stamps

Exhibited

New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester, Picasso Ceramics: The Attenborough Collection, 16 June-30 September 2007, no. 73

Literature

Marilyn McCully and Michael Raeburn, Picasso Ceramics: The Attenborough Collection, Leicester, 2011, illustrated in colour p. 139

Condition

The ceramic is in good condition apart from a small black stain on the spout, a minute mark below the eye, a tiny hole in the mouth (possibly inherent to the production).
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