Art as Jewelry as Art
Art as Jewelry as Art
From an Important European Collection
After Pablo Picasso
Horloge à la langue (Tongue Clock) — 1427
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October 6, 05:20 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
From an Important European Collection
After Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
Horloge à la langue (Tongue Clock) — 1427
executed after 1988*, stamped Picasso on reverse, EA 1/2 (artist's proof), Pierro Hugo goldsmith's mark, Pierre Hugo number 1427, French assay mark
23k yellow gold Pablo Picasso medallion pendant from an edition of 20 and 2 artist proofs; based on an Madoura original ceramic by Picasso
Diameter: 2 in.; 5 cm.
30.02 g.
Atelier François et Pierre Hugo, Aix-en-Provence
Private collection, France (acquired from above at the end of the 1970s)
Acquired by descent from above
Christie's Paris: Art Moderne, October 23, 2015 [Lot 148]
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Clare Siaud and Pierre Hugo, Bijoux d'artistes, Artist's Jewels, Hommage à François Hugo, Les Cyprès, Aix-en-Provence, 2001, p. 148, 153
Clare Finn, ‘The decorative metalwork of Pablo Picasso: his collaboration with François Hugo,’ PhD diss., Royal College of Art, 2004, p. 1156