Lot 505
  • 505

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Tête de chèvre de profil
  • dated 5.6.52. (lower centre); dated 5.6.52. and stamped Madoura plein feu on the reverse
  • painted ceramic; square round plate
  • diameter: 40.5cm., 15 7/8 in.

Provenance

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

Exhibited

S-Hertogenbosch, Museum Het Kruithuis, Picasso Keramiek, 1985, n.n., illustrated in the catalogue
Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie, Le feu et la terre, 2004-05, n.n.

Condition

The ceramic is sound. There is some minor scuffing to the underside and around the edges. The slip was thickly applied and is slightly uneven in places, notably on the tips of the 'empreinte' lines of the goat's head which is original to the artist's process. This work is in overall very good condition.
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