Art as Jewelry as Art
Art as Jewelry as Art
From an Important European Collection
After Pablo Picasso
Poissons (Fish) — 1411
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October 6, 05:15 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
From an Important European Collection
After Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
Poissons (Fish) — 1411
executed after 1988*, stamped on front 19.5.56, signed Picasso on reverse, edition 6/20, Monique Hugo goldsmith's mark, Atelier Hugo number 1411, French assay mark
23k yellow gold Pablo Picasso medallion pendant with wooden box; based on an original Madoura ceramic
Diameter: 2 in.; 5 cm.
35.33 g.
Skinner Inc. Boston: Fine Jewelry, December 13, 2005 [Lot 181]
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. 153
Clare Finn, ‘The decorative metalwork of Pablo Picasso: his collaboration with François Hugo,’ PhD diss., Royal College of Art, 2004, p. 1156
Clare Finn, ‘The Fascination of Silver, the Lure of Gold: Picasso’s Collaboration with François Hugo,’ in Emmanuel Guigon and Manon Lecaplain, Picasso I Les Joies D'artista, Fundació Museu Picasso, Barcelona, 2021, p. 98