Pablo Picasso
Service Visage Noir Assiette K (Black Face Service Plate K)
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LOT 137
Pablo Picasso
Service Visage Noir Assiette K (Black Face Service Plate K)
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 70 000 - 90 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 175 875
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
Spanish 1881-1973
Service Visage Noir Assiette K (Black Face Service Plate K)
lettered 'K', inscribed 'Edition Picasso' and bears the Madoura and d'Après Picasso stamp on the reverse; inscribed with the artist's name, dated 1948 and the title on a plaque adhered to the frame
painted and glazed white earthenware
plate diameter: 24cm; 43 by 42 by 6cm including frame
Notes
The present lot comes from an edition of 100 plates produced with exclusive rights by Madoura Pottery in Vallauris, where Suzanne and Georges Ramié welcomed Picasso in July 1946.
Provenance
Art Now International, Johannesburg, 1996.
Private Collection.
Literature
Alain Ramié (1998) Picasso, Catalogue of the Edited Ceramic Works, 1947-1971, Galerie Madoura: Paris, unpaginated, cat. no. 46.
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