The International Sale

Live Virtual Auction, 22 October 2024

Evening Sale

Sold for

ZAR 175 875
Lot 137
  • Pablo Picasso; Service Visage Noir Assiette K (Black Face Service Plate K)
  • Pablo Picasso; Service Visage Noir Assiette K (Black Face Service Plate K)
  • Pablo Picasso; Service Visage Noir Assiette K (Black Face Service Plate K)
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Lot Estimate
ZAR 70 000 - 90 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 175 875

About this Item

Spanish 1881-1973
Service Visage Noir Assiette K (Black Face Service Plate K)

lettered 'K', inscribed 'Edition Picasso' and bears the Madoura and d’Après Picasso stamp on the reverse; inscribed with the artist's name, dated 1948 and the title on a plaque adhered to the frame

painted and glazed white earthenware
plate diameter: 24cm; 43 by 42 by 6cm including frame

Notes

The present lot comes from an edition of 100 plates produced with exclusive rights by Madoura Pottery in Vallauris, where Suzanne and Georges Ramié welcomed Picasso in July 1946.

Provenance

Art Now International, Johannesburg, 1996.

Private Collection.

Literature

Alain Ramié (1998) Picasso, Catalogue of the Edited Ceramic Works, 1947–1971, Galerie Madoura: Paris, unpaginated, cat. no. 46.

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