Lot description
Visage No. 0. 1963.
Ceramics. White sherd with engobe- and enamel decor, glazed.
Ramié 458. Numbered, titled "N° 0" and inscribed "Edition Picasso Madoura" on base. From an edition of 500 copies. Diameter: 25 cm (9.8 in). [SM].
• Picasso's ceramic oeuvre comprises more than 3000 works and thus makes for a large part of his overall creation.
• Ceramics offer Picasso versatile means of expression between painting and sculpting.
• Picasso takes the thousands-of-years-old pottery technique to modern art.
PROVENANCE: Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.