Lot 503
  • 503

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Pichet à décor géométrique
  • stamped Madoura plein feu on the underside
  • painted and incised ceramic; askos jug
  • length: 25.3cm., 10in.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Marina Picasso (the artist’s granddaughter; acquired from the above)

Exhibited

Künzelsau, Museum Würth & Karlsruhe, Badisches Landesmuseum, Picasso, sein Dialog mit der Keramik - Werke aus der Sammlung Marina Picasso, 1999-2000, no. 95, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Santa Fe, Gerald Peters Gallery & Dallas, Pillsbury & Peters Fine Art, Picasso in Clay: Three Decades of Ceramics from the Marina Picasso Collection, 2000, no. 22

Condition

The ceramic is sound. There is some scuffing to the sides, handle and to the rims of both spouts with minor spots of associated pigment loss. Some handling marks to the handle and necks of the spouts which are possibly original. There is a light build-up of surface dirt in the interior and on the underside. This work is in good overall condition.
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