Lot 102
  • 102

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Femme debout
  • inscribed Vallauris and dated 20.7.50 on the underside
  • modelled and incised ceramic
  • height: 12.5cm., 5in.

Exhibited

Valencia, Fundación Bancaja & Alicante, Fundación Bancaja, Picasso, El diálogo con la cerámica, 1998, no. 12, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Künzelsau, Museum Würth & Karlsruhe, Badisches Landesmuseum, Picasso, Sein Dialog mit der Keramik. Werke aus der Sammlung Marina Picasso, 1999, no. 14, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Literature

Werner Spies, Picasso, The Sculptures. Catalogue raisonné of the sculptures, Ostfildern, 2000, no. 389 I, illustration of a bronze example p. 371

Condition

Apart from some light surface wear in places, consistent with age and handling, this work appears to be in overall very good condition.
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