Lot 624
  • 624

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Visage
  • dated 17.1.65. in reverse (lower left); stamped Madoura plein feu and Empreinte originale de Picasso on the reverse
  • glazed ceramic; large round plate
  • diameter: 42.3cm., 16 3/4 in.

Provenance

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

Exhibited

Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie, Le feu et la terre, 2004-05, n.n.

Condition

The ceramic is sound. There is a small chip to the glaze at the tip of the figure's proper left eye. A couple of dark media stains visible towards the upper right edge in the catalogue illustration have since been removed. Some very minor wear and a spot of sticky residue on the reverse. This work is in very good overall condition.
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