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Pablo Picasso

Face Plates: group of 10

Estimate
$30,000 - 40,000
$75,000
Lot Details
A group of 10 white earthenware round dishes,
1956; and 1965
all diameter 16 3/4 in (42.5 cm)
all inscribed or incised with Madoura numbers and each numbered out of 100, each with the Madoura Plein Feu and Empreinte Original de Picasso pottery stamps on the reverse, a few with traces of surface soiling, otherwise all in very good condition.
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Including:

Face with Spots (AR 349) numbered 15/100
Face (AR 524) numbered 29/100
Face (AR 525) numbered 64/100
Full-face face with Spots (AR 526) numbered 13/100
Incised full-face face (AR 527) numbered 10/100
Face (AR 528) numbered 44/100
Face (AR 529) numbered 46/100
Face (AR 530) numbered 16/100
Face (AR 531) numbered 30/100
Face (AR 532) numbered 3/100

Pablo Picasso

Spanish | B. 1881 D. 1973
One of the most dominant and influential artists of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso was a master of endless reinvention. While significantly contributing to the movements of Surrealism, Neoclassicism and Expressionism, he is best known for pioneering the groundbreaking movement of Cubism alongside fellow artist Georges Braque in the 1910s. In his practice, he drew on African and Iberian visual culture as well as the developments in the fast-changing world around him.Throughout his long and prolific career, the Spanish-born artist consistently pushed the boundaries of art to new extremes. Picasso's oeuvre is famously characterized by a radical diversity of styles, ranging from his early forays in Cubism to his Classical Period and his later more gestural expressionist work, and a diverse array of media including printmaking, drawing, ceramics and sculpture as well as theater sets and costumes designs. 
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