Lot 33
  • 33

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 HKD
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Joie de vivre
  • signed, stamped with the silversmith's mark, the French assay mark for silver and the Francois Hugo series number 1441 and numbered EXEMPLAIRE D'ARTISTE 2/2 on the reverse
  • repoussé silver, wooden box
Conceived in ceramic by Picasso between 1956 and 1967 and executed in silver by François Hugo and Pierre Hugo in a numbered edition of 20 plus 2 exemplaires d'artiste and 2 exemplaires d'auteur. 

Provenance

Atelier François and Pierre Hugo, Aix-en-Provence
Private Collection, Europe

Literature

Georges Bloch, Pablo Picasso: Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé céramique, 1949-1971, Bern, 1972, vol. III, p. 82, cat. no. 96 (white ceramic version illustrated)
Alain Ramié, Picasso: Catalogue of the Edited Ceramic Works, 1947- 1971, Madoura, Vallauris, France, 1988, p. 177, cat. no. 346 (white ceramic version illustrated in colour)

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There are extremely minor signs of surface wear and scratches, all of which are inherent to the medium and only visible under raking light. The plate comes in its own designated wooden box. There are no apparent condition issues with this work.
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