Lot Essay
There are are three medallions in this lot (3).
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Visage; Visages; Tête de femme
Details
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Visage; Visages; Tête de femme
The first: numbered '2/2' (on the reverse); the second: inscribed 'Tête de femme,' dated and numbered 'Vallauris, 2 aout 50, 2/2' (on the reverse); the third: numbered '2/2' (on the reverse)
each: bronze with dark brown patina
the first diameter of 1¼ in (3.1 cm.); the second height of 2½ in. (6.3 cm.); the third diameter of 1¼ in. (3.1 cm.)
each bronze conceived in 1950 and cast during the artist's lifetime (3)
Visage; Visages; Tête de femme
The first: numbered '2/2' (on the reverse); the second: inscribed 'Tête de femme,' dated and numbered 'Vallauris, 2 aout 50, 2/2' (on the reverse); the third: numbered '2/2' (on the reverse)
each: bronze with dark brown patina
the first diameter of 1¼ in (3.1 cm.); the second height of 2½ in. (6.3 cm.); the third diameter of 1¼ in. (3.1 cm.)
each bronze conceived in 1950 and cast during the artist's lifetime (3)
Literature
W. Spies, Sculpture by Picasso, New York, 1971, p. 285, no. 369 (Visage); 368 (Visage and shown here as Tête de femme); 370 (Visage) (other casts illustrated).
W. Spies, Picasso Sculpteur, Paris, 2000, pp. 409-410, no. 440 ( Visage); no. 368 (Visage and shown here as Tête de femme); and no. 369 (Visage)
W. Spies, Picasso Sculpteur, Paris, 2000, pp. 409-410, no. 440 ( Visage); no. 368 (Visage and shown here as Tête de femme); and no. 369 (Visage)