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Property from an Important American Collector

Pablo Picasso

Visage souriant / Motifs informels

Auction Closed

May 17, 10:38 PM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important American Collector

Pablo Picasso

1881 - 1973


Visage souriant / Motifs informels

stamped Madoura Plein Feu and dated 29.1.58. (on the underside)

painted and glazed ceramic bowl

diameter: 17¼ in.

43.8 cm.

Executed on 29 January 1958. This work is unique.


Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Estate of the artist
Jacqueline Picasso, Paris (acquired by descent from the above)
Catherine Hutin, Paris (by descent from the above).
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (by 1990).
Jane Kahan Gallery, New York
Private Collection, 2005 (acquired from the above)
Christie's, New York, 12 May 2016, lot 1371 (consigned by the family of the above)
Private Collection, Stamford
Acquired in 2016 by the present owner
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Picasso, Céramiques, 1990, no. 79, illustrated in color
Washington D.C., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Crosscurrents: Modern Art from the Samuel Rose and Julie Walters Collection, 2015-2016