Art as Jewelry as Art

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From an Important European Collection

After Pablo Picasso

Taureau (Bull) — 1413

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October 6, 05:25 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

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From an Important European Collection

After Pablo Picasso

1881 - 1973

Taureau (Bull) — 1413


conceived in 1956, executed after 1988*, signed on reverse Picasso, edition 2/20, Pierre Hugo goldsmith’s mark, Atelier Hugo number 1413, French assay mark

23k yellow gold Pablo Picasso medallion pendant featuring a bull in profile; based on an original Madoura ceramic

Diameter: 2 in.; 5.1 cm.

34.45 g.

Christie’s South Kensington: Impressionist/Modern & Picasso Ceramics, February 6, 2015, lot 239

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. 151, 153

Clare Finn, ‘The decorative metalwork of Pablo Picasso: his collaboration with François Hugo,’ PhD diss., Royal College of Art, 2004, p. 1156