Pablo Picasso

Lot 144
25.03.2021 17:00UTC +00:00
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£ 1 467 000
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ID 512437
Lot 144 | Pablo Picasso
Estimate value
£ 1 200 000 – 1 800 000
Property from a Private European Collection



Pablo Picasso

1881 - 1973

A complete set of 24 silver plates



each inscribed Picasso, numbered and stamped with the silversmith’s mark on the underside

repoussé silver

Conceived in 1955-56 and executed in silver by the Atelier François et Pierre Hugo, Aix-en-Provence, in a numbered edition of 20 plus 2 exemplaire d’auteur, 2 exemplaire d’artiste and 6 H.C.



The set consists of the following plates:

i. Dormeur, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 43cm., 17in.

ii. Visage aux feuilles, numbered 12/20, 43cm., 17in.

iii. Faune cavalier, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 42.8cm, 16⅞in.

iv. Visage aux mains, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 42cm, 16½in.

v. Visage tourmenté, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 41.5cm., 16¼in.

vi. Visage de faune, dated 28.6.55. and numbered 18/20, 26.5cm., 10½in.

vii. Joueur de flûte et cavalier, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 37cm., 14½in.

viii. Un poisson, dated 19.5.56., numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 42.5cm., 16¾in.

ix. Profil de Jacqueline, dated 22.1.56, numbered 1/6 and stamped H.C, 42cm., 16½in.

x. Tête de taureau, numbered 2/2 and stamped exemplaire d’artiste, 43cm., 17in.

xi. Visage larvé, numbered 17/20, 41.5cm., 16¼in.

xii. Visage en forme d’horloge, numbered 2/2 and stamped exemplaire d’artiste, 42.5cm., 16¾in.

xiii. Visage géométrique aux traits, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 41.5cm., 16½in.

xiv. Horloge à la langue, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 42.5cm., 16½in.

xv. Jacqueline au chevalet, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 42.5cm., 16¾in.

xvi. Tête au masque, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 31.5cm., 12½in.

xvii. Visage au carton ondulé, numbered 5/20, 42.5cm., 16¾in.

xviii. Centaure, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 41.3cm., 16¼in.

xix. Visage aux taches, numbered 1/2 and stamped exemplaire d’auteur, 42cm., 16½in.

xx. Tête en forme d’horloge, numbered 12/20, 43cm., 17in.

xxi. Vallauris, titled, dated 1956 and numbered 13/20, 41.5cm., 16⅜in.

xxii. Joie de vivre, numbered 15/20, 43.5cm., 17¼in.

xxiii. Tête géométrique, numbered 6/20, 35.5cm., 14in.

xxiv. Visage dans un carré, numbered 15/20, 42cm., 16½in.



All works are accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Pierre Hugo.
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