Lot 626
  • 626

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Deux chèvres
  • dated 6.6.52.; stamped Madoura plein feu and Empreinte Originale de Picasso on the underside
  • painted and incised ceramic; vase
  • height: 18.7cm., 7 3/8 in.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Marina Picasso (the artist’s granddaughter; acquired from the above)

Condition

The ceramic is sound. Some very minor scuffing and handling marks around the base, the body and the opening of the vase. There are a few strokes of pinky-red media stains which are possibly original. There is a light build-up of studio dirt in the interior. This work is in overall very good condition.
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