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Lot 11AR

Pablo Picasso
(Spanish, 1881-1973)
Un poisson 41.6 cm (16 3/8 in) diameter

24 June 2015, 17:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £62,500 inc. premium

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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Un poisson
dated '19.5.56.' (on the lower rim); stamped with the artist's signature and numbered 'Picasso 10/20', stamped with the silversmith's mark, the French assay mark for silver and numbered '1959/1411' (underneath)
silver repoussé plate
41.6 cm (16 3/8 in) diameter
Conceived on 19 May 1956 and executed in silver in a numbered edition of 20 plus 2 épreuves d'artiste and 2 épreuves d'auteur

Footnotes

Provenance
Rosemarie Kanzler Collection.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature
D. Cooper, Picasso, 19 plats en argent, par François & Pierre Hugo, Paris, 1977 (another version illustrated).
A. Ramié, Picasso, Catalogue of the edited ceramic works, 1947 - 1971, Madoura, 1988, no. 332 (white earthenware version illustrated p. 332).

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