Pablo Picasso, Visage gris (Grey Face), 1953 A.R. 206

Artist: Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
Title:Visage Gris (Grey Face), 1953
Reference:A.R. 206
Medium:Madoura white earthenware clay, knife engraved under partial brushed glaze with decoration in engobes (green, black, white)
Image Size:DIMENSIONS: 12 3/8 x 15 1/8 x 1 5/8in (31.4 x 38.3 x 4.1cm)
Edition:Numbered from the edition of 500.
Signature:This work is stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' and 'EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO' pottery stamps on the reverse.
Condition:This work is in excellent condition.
ID #w-7736

Historical Description

Created in 1953, Pablo Picasso ceramic Visage girs (Grey Face), 1953 A.R. 206 is a Madoura white earthenware clay, knife engraved under partial brushed glaze with decoration in engobes (green, black, white) from the edition of 500. This work is stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' and ‘EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO’ pottery stamps on the reverse.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Pablo Picasso ceramic Visage girs (Grey Face), 1953 A.R. 206 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices accompanying the final sale of the work):

1. Ramié, Alain. Picasso Catalogue of the edited ceramic works 1947-1971. Madoura: 1988. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 206.
2. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.