Pablo Picasso - Pablo Picasso: Paper and Clay London Thursday, June 6, 2024 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Atelier Madoura, Vallauris
    Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

  • Literature

    Alain Ramié 494

  • Artist Biography

    Pablo Picasso

    Spanish • 1881 - 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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Property from a Private Collection, Los Angeles

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Visage no. 197 (Face no. 197) (A.R. 494)

1963
White earthenware round plate painted in colours and glazed.
25.3 cm (9 7/8 in.) diameter
Numbered 221/500 and inscribed 'No. 197 Edition Picasso Madoura' in black paint on the reverse.

Estimate
£4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠

Sold for £6,985

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Pablo Picasso: Paper and Clay

London Auction 6 June 2024