Art as Jewelry as Art
Art as Jewelry as Art
From an Important European Collection
After Pablo Picasso
Centaure (Centaur) — 1439
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October 6, 05:18 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
From an Important European Collection
After Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
Centaure (Centaur) — 1439
executed after 1988*, signed Picasso on reverse, edition 1/2, Pierre Hugo goldsmith's mark, Atelier Hugo number 1439, French assay mark
23k yellow gold Pablo Picasso medallion pendant featuring a centaur; with wooden box; based on an original Madoura ceramic
Diameter: 2 in.; 5.1 cm.
31.14 g.
Christie's Paris: Art Moderne, October 23, 2015 [Lot 152]
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Clare Siaud and Pierre Hugo, Bijoux d'artistes, Artist's Jewels, Hommage à François Hugo, Les Cyprès, Aix-en- Provence, 2001, p. 153
Clare Finn, ‘The decorative metalwork of Pablo Picasso: his collaboration with François Hugo,’ PhD diss., Royal College of Art, 2004, p. 1156
Diana Küppers, Künstlerschmuck = objets d'art, Hirmer, Munich, 2009, p. 124