Lot 245
  • 245

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
125,000 - 175,000 USD
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Tête d'Homme
  • Signed Picasso (on the underside of the base)
  • Hand painted terracotta

  • Height: 14 3/4 in.
  • 37.5 cm

Provenance

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris

Literature

Georges Ramié, Céramique de Picasso, Paris, 1974, no. 448-449, illustrated p. 183
Marilyn McCully, ed., Picasso - Painter and Sculptor in Clay (exhibition catalogue), Royal Academy of Arts, London & The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1998-99, p. 209

Condition

Vertical standing element affixes to the base with a metal rod. Surface is slightly dirty. Three inch horizontal hairline crack in the tile extending from the right edge. Adhesive residue on the bottom of the front surface and a few stains on the reverse to the left of the nose. A few nicks to the base as well, otherwise find. Work is in good condition.
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