Property from a European Private Collection
Pablo Picasso
Oiseau blanc
Auction Closed
March 5, 05:50 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
Oiseau blanc
dated 13.03.59 (on the underside)
white earthenware ceramic bottle with wax resist and coloured glaze
height: 55 cm. 21⅝ in.
Executed on 13 March 1959; this work is unique.
Bernard Ruiz-Picasso (acquired by descent from the artist)
Pierre-Marie Giraud Galerie, Brussels (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above in 2009 by the present owner
London, Royal Academy of Arts and New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Picasso: Painter and Sculptor in Clay, 1998, no. 186, illustrated in colour
Rio de Janeiro, Fundaçao Casa França-Brazil and Ferrare, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Cerâmicas de Picasso (Rio de Janeiro); Picasso. Scolpire e dipingere la ceramica (Ferrare), 1999-2000, no. 146, p. 178, illustrated in colour
Marilyn McCully, Céramiques de Picasso, vol. 1, Paris, 1999, p. 551 and vol. 2, p. 83, illustrated in colour