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    22 - 23 October 2015

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    • Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
    Lot 139

    Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

    Deux bols "Picador"

    Price realised

    EUR 4,000

    Estimate

    EUR 3,000 - EUR 5,000

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    Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
    Deux bols "Picador"
    i. inscrit 'EDITION MADOURA PICASSO' (au-dessous)
    ii. inscrit 'MADOURA PICASSO' (au-dessous)
    céramique peinte et partiellement émaillée
    6.5 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm.
    Conçu en 1955 et exécuté dans une édition de 500 exemplaires

    i. inscribed 'EDITION MADOURA PICASSO' (underneath)
    ii. inscribed 'MADOURA PICASSO' (underneath)
    painted and partially glazed ceramic
    2 5/8 x 5 x 5 in.
    Conceived in 1955 and executed in an edition of 500
    2

    Provenance

    Galleria d'Arte La Bussola, Turin.
    Collection particulière, Italie (acquis auprès de celle-ci, en 1965).
    Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    A. Ramié, Picasso: catalogue de l'œuvre céramique édité 1947-1971, Paris, 1988, p. 150, no. 289 (une autre exemplaire illustré en couleurs).


    Exhibited

    Turin, Galleria d'Arte La Bussola, Ceramiche di Lurçat, Ceramiche e linoleum di Picasso, décembre 1965, no. 21 (un des deux bols illustré).


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