Pablo Picasso - Evening & Day Editions New York Monday, April 29, 2013 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    dove: Madoura pottery studio, Vallauris, 1998
    bird: Christie’s New York, April 28, 1998, lot 491

  • Literature

    Alain Ramié 435; and 484

  • Artist Biography

    Pablo Picasso

    Spanish • 1881 - 1973

    One of the most dominant and influential artists of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso was a master of endless reinvention. While significantly contributing to the movements of Surrealism, Neoclassicism and Expressionism, he is best known for pioneering the groundbreaking movement of Cubism alongside fellow artist Georges Braque in the 1910s. In his practice, he drew on African and Iberian visual culture as well as the developments in the fast-changing world around him.

    Throughout his long and prolific career, the Spanish-born artist consistently pushed the boundaries of art to new extremes. Picasso's oeuvre is famously characterized by a radical diversity of styles, ranging from his early forays in Cubism to his Classical Period and his later more gestural expressionist work, and a diverse array of media including printmaking, drawing, ceramics and sculpture as well as theater sets and costumes designs. 

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Property from a Private New York Collection

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Sujet Colombe (Dove Subject); and Oiseau no. 86 (Bird no. 86)

1959; and 1963
Two ceramics, including one white earthenware turned vase painted in blue and black with decoration, knife engraving and enamel, and one white earthenware turned plate painted in colors with partial brushed glaze and enamel,
dove 5 7/8 x 8 1/4 x 4 in (14.9 x 21 x 10.2 cm)
bird diameter 10 in (25.4 cm)

both inscribed `Edition Picasso', `Madoura', `R 128' (dove), `n.86' (bird) and numbered 498/500 and 86/150 in black on the reverse, dove with Edition Picasso and Madoura Plein Feu pottery stamps on the underside, both in very good condition.

Estimate
$3,000 - 5,000 

Sold for $8,125

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Evening & Day Editions

New York 29 April 2013 10am & 6pm