Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Centaure phallique

Details

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Centaure phallique
stamped with signature, the goldsmith's mark of François and Pierre Hugo and numbered on one foot 'Picasso. 6/10'
18-karat gold
Height: 5½in. (14cm.)
Original model executed in 1960; this gold version cast by 1967, number six in an edition of 10 with two exemplaires d'artiste and two exemplaires d'auteur

Literature

W. Spies, Picasso Sculpture, London, 1972, no. 563 (another cast illustrated, p. 295)

Lot Essay

In 1960 Picasso collaborated with the silver and goldsmith François Hugo to create this and four other free-standing figurines in gold: a Bacchante, a pipe-player, a dancing figure with cymbals and another version of the Centaur brandishing a spear.