Pablo Picasso
(Spanish, 1881 - 1973)
MASQUE RIEUR (LAUGHING MASK) A.R. 562, 1968 – 69
partially glazed terracotta tile
17.0 cm x 17.0 cm (tile)
24.5 x 25.0 x 6.0 cm (with Perspex case)
edition: 9/200
incised, stamped and numbered verso: 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU / EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO / J – 241 / 9/200’
Estimate:
$3,000 - $5,000
Sold:
$6,750 (inc. BP)
© Succession Picasso/Copyright Agency 2021
lot details
24.5 x 25.0 x 6.0 cm (with Perspex case)
incised, stamped and numbered verso: 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU / EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO / J – 241 / 9/200’
Dennis Hotz Gallery, South Africa
Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Thence by descent
Private collection, Sydney
Literature
Bloch, G., Pablo Picasso, Vol. III, Catalogue of the Printed Ceramics 1949 – 71, catalogue raisonné, Kornfeld and Klipstein, Bern, Germany, 1972, cat. 200, p. 170 (illus., another example)
Ramié, A., Picasso: Catalogue of the Edited Ceramic Works 1947– 1971, Madoura and University Library Archival Reprint, France, 1988, cat. 562, p. 275 (illus., another example)
Ramié, G., Picasso’s Ceramics, Secker & Warburg, London, France, 1988, cat. 649, p. 264 (illus., another example)