Pablo Picasso

Grand vase carré hibou

signed Picasso (on the underside) 

painted, glazed and incised ceramic

height: 19 ⅜ in. 49.2 cm. 

Executed in 1954; this work is unique.

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Pablo Picasso
Grand vase carré hibou

signed Picasso (on the underside) 

painted, glazed and incised ceramic

height: 19 ⅜ in. 49.2 cm. 

Executed in 1954; this work is unique.

Provenance

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (acquired from the artist in 1962)

Galeria Arte Borgogna, Milan

Herman Wuensche, Germany

Private Collection

Christie's, New York, 11 May 1989, lot 401

Private Collection (acquired at the above sale)

Christie's, New York, 20 November 1998, lot 788 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, New York (acquired at the above sale)

Christie’s, New York, 8 November 2012, lot 442 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibition

Washington D.C., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Crosscurrents: Modern Art from the Samuel Rose and Julie Walters Collection, 2015-16, p. 118 and p. 119, illustrated in color

Literature

Georges Ramié, Picasso's Ceramics, Secaucus, 1974, no. 304, p. 142, illustrated 

Exh. Cat., Faenza, Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Picasso: La Ceramica, 1989, p. 29, illustrated