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Property from a Private European Collection

Pablo Picasso

A complete set of 24 silver plates | 全套二十四件銀盤

Auction Closed

March 25, 08:05 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200,000 - 1,800,000 GBP

Lot Details

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Property from a Private European Collection 


Pablo Picasso

巴布羅・畢加索

1881 - 1973

A complete set of 24 silver plates

全套二十四件銀盤


each inscribed Picasso, numbered and stamped with the silversmith’s mark on the underside

款識:藝術家各銘刻Picasso、標記並蓋銀匠章(底部)

repoussé silver

銀製

Conceived in 1955-56 and executed in silver by the Atelier François et Pierre Hugo, Aix-en-Provence, in a numbered edition of 20 plus 2 exemplaire d’auteur, 2 exemplaire d’artiste and 6 H.C.

1956至1967年構思,艾克斯・弗朗索瓦及皮埃爾・雨果工作室製作銀盤,1版20件,另有2個版權版、2個藝術家自留版及6個非商業版。


The set consists of the following plates:

i. Dormeur, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 43cm., 17in.

ii. Visage aux feuilles, numbered 12/20, 43cm., 17in.

iii. Faune cavalier, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 42.8cm, 16⅞in.

iv. Visage aux mains, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 42cm, 16½in.

v. Visage tourmenté, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 41.5cm., 16¼in.

vi. Visage de faune, dated 28.6.55. and numbered 18/20, 26.5cm., 10½in.

vii. Joueur de flûte et cavalier, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 37cm., 14½in.

viii. Un poisson, dated 19.5.56., numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 42.5cm., 16¾in.

ix. Profil de Jacqueline, dated 22.1.56, numbered 1/6 and stamped H.C, 42cm., 16½in.

x. Tête de taureau, numbered 2/2 and stamped exemplaire d’artiste, 43cm., 17in.

xi. Visage larvé, numbered 17/20, 41.5cm., 16¼in.

xii. Visage en forme d’horloge, numbered 2/2 and stamped exemplaire d’artiste, 42.5cm., 16¾in.

xiii. Visage géométrique aux traits, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 41.5cm., 16½in.

xiv. Horloge à la langue, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 42.5cm., 16½in.

xv. Jacqueline au chevalet, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 42.5cm., 16¾in.

xvi. Tête au masque, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 31.5cm., 12½in.

xvii. Visage au carton ondulé, numbered 5/20, 42.5cm., 16¾in.

xviii. Centaure, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 41.3cm., 16¼in.

xix. Visage aux taches, numbered 1/2 and stamped exemplaire d’auteur, 42cm., 16½in.

xx. Tête en forme d’horloge, numbered 12/20, 43cm., 17in.

xxi. Vallauris, titled, dated 1956 and numbered 13/20, 41.5cm., 16⅜in.

xxii. Joie de vivre, numbered 15/20, 43.5cm., 17¼in.

xxiii. Tête géométrique, numbered 6/20, 35.5cm., 14in.

xxiv. Visage dans un carré, numbered 15/20, 42cm., 16½in.


All works are accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Pierre Hugo.

Private Collection, United Kingdom

Acquired from the above by the present owner


For individual provenances please contact the department teresa.bimler@sothebys.com

G. Bloch, Pablo Picasso: Catalogue de l'œuvre gravé céramique, 1949-1971, Bern, 1972, vol. III, white ceramic versions illustrated pp. 59, 62, 69, 76-78, 80-84, 86-88, 90-91, 93-94, 96-97, 102, 104 & 107-108
D. Cooper, F. Hugo & P. Hugo, Picasso. 19 plats en argent, Paris, 1977, other examples illustrated n.p. 
A. Ramié, Picasso. Catalogue of the Edited Ceramic Works, 1947- 1971, Paris, 1988, white ceramic versions illustrated pp. 145, 158, 164-168, 170-174, 176-179, 181, 184 & 186-187 
P. Hugo & C. Siaud, Bijoux d'artistes. Hommage à François Hugo, Aix-en-Provence, 2001, other examples illustrated in colour pp. 148-154 & 168-171