Description:
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Goat Plate and Exhibition Booklet
Ceramic
Vallauris, France, 1958
Rounded square plate of white clay with goat image in oxidized paraffin, marked Madoura Plen Feu Empriente Original Picasso, Edition Picasso, dia. 10 3/4; the 1958 exhibition booklet with stamps and notes, ht. 8, wd. 5 1/2 in.
Provenance: Acquired by the family in 1958.
Literature: Georges Ramie, Picasso Ceramics, p. 166, illustration 397. One of Picasso's favorite animals was the goat.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
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Keywords
Georges Ramie, France20th Century Design
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