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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Tête d'oiseau 9 cm. (3 1/2 in.) long (Executed in Vallauris in July 1950, this work is unique) image 1
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Tête d'oiseau 9 cm. (3 1/2 in.) long (Executed in Vallauris in July 1950, this work is unique) image 2
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Tête d'oiseau 9 cm. (3 1/2 in.) long (Executed in Vallauris in July 1950, this work is unique) image 3
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Tête d'oiseau 9 cm. (3 1/2 in.) long (Executed in Vallauris in July 1950, this work is unique) image 4
Lot 70AR

Pablo Picasso
(1881-1973)
Tête d'oiseau 9 cm. (3 1/2 in.) long

23 March 2021, 15:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Tête d'oiseau
inscribed and dated 'Vallauris juillet 50' (on the underside)
incised terracotta
9 cm. (3 1/2 in.) long
Executed in Vallauris in July 1950, this work is unique

Footnotes

The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Monsieur Claude Picasso.

Provenance
Marina Picasso Collection, France; her sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 June 2015, lot 120.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature
W. Spies, Picasso, The Sculptures. Catalogue raisonné of the sculptures, Ostfildern, 2000, no. 357 I (bronze version illustrated p. 369).
Picasso, El diálogo con la cerámica (exh. cat.), Fundación Bancaja, Valencia & Alicante, 1998 (illustrated p. 62).
Picasso, A dialogue with ceramics. Ceramics from the Marina Picasso Collection (exh. cat.), Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, 1998 (illustrated p. 70).
Picasso, Sein Dialog mit der Keramik. Werke aus der Sammlung Marina Picasso (exh. cat.), Museum Würth, Künzelsau & Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe, 1999 (illustrated p. 86).

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