A complete set of 24 silver plates | 全套二十四件銀盤

Property from a Private European Collection

Pablo Picasso
巴布羅・畢加索
1881 - 1973
A complete set of 24 silver plates
全套二十四件銀盤

each inscribed Picasso, numbered and stamped with the silversmith’s mark on the underside
款識：藝術家各銘刻Picasso、標記並蓋銀匠章（底部）
repoussé silver
銀製
Conceived in 1955-56 and executed in silver by the Atelier François et Pierre Hugo, Aix-en-Provence, in a numbered edition of 20 plus 2 exemplaire d’auteur, 2 exemplaire d’artiste and 6 H.C.
1956至1967年構思，艾克斯・弗朗索瓦及皮埃爾・雨果工作室製作銀盤，1版20件，另有2個版權版、2個藝術家自留版及6個非商業版。

The set consists of the following plates:
i. Dormeur, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 43cm., 17in.
ii. Visage aux feuilles, numbered 12/20, 43cm., 17in.
iii. Faune cavalier, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 42.8cm, 16⅞in.
iv. Visage aux mains, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 42cm, 16½in.
v. Visage tourmenté, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 41.5cm., 16¼in.
vi. Visage de faune, dated 28.6.55. and numbered 18/20, 26.5cm., 10½in.
vii. Joueur de flûte et cavalier, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 37cm., 14½in.
viii. Un poisson, dated 19.5.56., numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 42.5cm., 16¾in.
ix. Profil de Jacqueline, dated 22.1.56, numbered 1/6 and stamped H.C, 42cm., 16½in.
x. Tête de taureau, numbered 2/2 and stamped exemplaire d’artiste, 43cm., 17in.
xi. Visage larvé, numbered 17/20, 41.5cm., 16¼in.
xii. Visage en forme d’horloge, numbered 2/2 and stamped exemplaire d’artiste, 42.5cm., 16¾in.
xiii. Visage géométrique aux traits, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 41.5cm., 16½in.
xiv. Horloge à la langue, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 42.5cm., 16½in.
xv. Jacqueline au chevalet, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 42.5cm., 16¾in.
xvi. Tête au masque, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 31.5cm., 12½in.
xvii. Visage au carton ondulé, numbered 5/20, 42.5cm., 16¾in.
xviii. Centaure, numbered 2/6 and stamped H.C, 41.3cm., 16¼in.
xix. Visage aux taches, numbered 1/2 and stamped exemplaire d’auteur, 42cm., 16½in.
xx. Tête en forme d’horloge, numbered 12/20, 43cm., 17in.
xxi. Vallauris, titled, dated 1956 and numbered 13/20, 41.5cm., 16⅜in.
xxii. Joie de vivre, numbered 15/20, 43.5cm., 17¼in.
xxiii. Tête géométrique, numbered 6/20, 35.5cm., 14in.
xxiv. Visage dans un carré, numbered 15/20, 42cm., 16½in.

All works are accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Pierre Hugo.

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Provenance:
Private Collection, United Kingdom

Acquired from the above by the present owner

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