Art as Jewelry as Art
Art as Jewelry as Art
From an Important European Collection
After Pablo Picasso
Visage tourmente
Lot Closed
October 6, 05:17 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
From an Important European Collection
After Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
Visage tourmente
executed after 1988*, signed Picasso on reverse, edition EA 1/2 (artist's proof), Pierre Hugo goldsmith's mark, Atelier Hugo number 1408, French assay marks
23k yellow gold Pablo Picasso medallion pendant from an edition of 20 and 2 artist proofs; with wooden box; based on an original Madoura ceramic
Diameter: 2 in.; 5 cm.
31.66 g.
Christie's Paris: Art Moderne, October 23, 2015 [Lot 152]
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