Lot 21
  • 21

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Oiseau sur la branche (A. R. 175)
  • ceramic
Terre de faïence ashtray, 1952, from the edition of 500, incised 'Edition Picasso', partially glazed and painted, with the Madoura and Edition Picasso stamps

Literature

Marilyn McCully and Michael Raeburn, Picasso Ceramics: The Attenborough Collection, Leicester, 2011, illustrated in colour p. 77

Condition

There is a long crack running into the centre of the subject with an associated chip on the underside, a small chip in the glaze along the rim, a small chip on the foot.
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