Art as Jewelry as Art
Art as Jewelry as Art
From an Important European Collection
Taureau (Bull) — 1413
Lot Closed
October 6, 05:25 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
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