Owl necklace and ring
Details
Francoise Gilot (b. 1921) and Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Owl necklace and ring
suspended carved stone pendant in the form of a colored owl joined to a necklace of various metal, bone and stone beads, with an oval shaped pebble clasp with pink painted detail, on a purple cord, 15 in. Ring size is approximately 5½ in. (13.9 cm.)
Executed in 1948; unique (2)
Owl necklace and ring
suspended carved stone pendant in the form of a colored owl joined to a necklace of various metal, bone and stone beads, with an oval shaped pebble clasp with pink painted detail, on a purple cord, 15 in. Ring size is approximately 5½ in. (13.9 cm.)
Executed in 1948; unique (2)
Provenance
Françoise Gilot, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1984.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1984.
Exhibited
London, Victoria and Albert Museum; Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen and Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum, Surreal Things, March 2007-September 2008, p. 290, no. 19 (illustrated in color, p. 291).
Further details
Two objects in one lot (2).
Sale room notice
Please note that a ring, approximately size 5½ in. (13.9 cm.), also accompanies this lot.
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