Christie's “Picasso Ceramics” auction (May 5-20), exclusively online, it totaled $761.125, selling 100% by lot and 100% by value. The sale reached nearly double its low pre-sale estimate of $396.400.
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Visage aux yeux rieurs (AR 608)
stamped, marked and numbered “Edition Picasso / Madoura Plein Feu / Edition Picasso / Madoura / 44/350” (below)
white earthenware jug, partially incised, with colored engobe and glaze. Height: 33,5cm. Conceived on January 9, 1969 and executed in a numbered edition of 350. The sale was led by Pablo Picasso's Visage aux yeux rieurs (608 AD), which fetched $68.750, against a low estimate of $40.000.
Additional top lots for sale include Femme du barbu (193 AR) which realized $47.500, against a low estimate of $20.000.
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Femme du barbu (AR 193) stamped and marked 'Edition Picasso / Madoura Plein Feu / Edition Picasso / Madoura' (below),White earthenware jug, partially engraved, with colored engobe and glaze. Height: 151⁄4 in. (38,8cm.). Conceived on July 10, 1953 and executed in an edition of 500.
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Vase deux anses hautes (AR141) stamped and marked “Edition Picasso / Madoura Plein Feu / Edition Picasso” (below), White earthenware ceramic vase, partially incised, with colored engobe and glaze. Height: 151⁄4 in. (38,5 cms.)
Conceived in 1952 and executed in an edition of 400. Vase deux anses hautes (AR 141), sold for $43.750, against a low estimate of $25.000.
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Pichet à glace (AR142) stamped, marked and numbered “Edition Picasso / Madoura Plein Feu / Edition Picasso / Madoura / 4/100” (below)
white earthenware pot, partially engraved, with colored engobe and glaze. Height: 32 cm (125⁄8 in.)
Conceived in 1952 and executed in a numbered edition of 10, it sold for $37.500, against a low estimate of $20.000.
