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PABLO PICASSO
L’Assiette aux Quatre Profils
.
Terre de faïence
plate painted in black and white, circa 1949. 255 mm; 10
1
/
8
inches
(diameter).With the Madoura Plein Feu and Edition Picasso stamps on the base.
A unique version of a ceramic theme that Picasso explored in several editioned works in
1949 (see Ramié 84-89).
Another unique painted
terre de faïence
of this subject, similar to the current work, from the
Estate of Jacqueline Picasso, was offered by Hammer Galleries, NewYork, 1999 (Hammer
Galleries,
Picasso Unique Ceramics
, Summer 1999, inventory number 26462-033, illustrated).
[20,000/30,000]
440 PABLO PICASSO
Sueño y Mentira de Franco
.
Aquatint and etching on cream laid paper, 1937. 310x420 mm; 12
1
/
4
x16
1
/
2
inches, full
margins. With the artist’s ink stamp signature, lower right, and numbered 479/850 in
pencil, lower left. A superb impression. Bloch 298; Baer 616.
[6,000/9,000]
439