Modern Day Auction

Pablo Picasso

Quatre personnages - Vase à pans coupé

Auction Closed

November 15, 10:48 PM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Japanese Family Collection

Pablo Picasso

1881 - 1973

Quatre personnages - Vase à pans coupé

stamped Madoura Plein Feu (on the underside)

painted, partially glazed and incised vase

height: 17⅜ in.

44.4 cm.

Executed circa 1948-54; this work is unique.

Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Marina Picasso, Paris (acquired from the estate of the artist)

Jan Krugier, Paris

Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo (acquired by 1987)

Private Collection (acquired from above in 1988)

Thence by descent in the late 1990s to the present owner