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Pablo Picasso (Málaga 1881 - Mougins 1973) Visage pitcher 1955 White clay majolica jug (terra di faïence) with red and black engobe decoration and a glazed interior, edition of 500, Madoura edition 31 × 10 × 12,5 cm circa Edition Picasso and Madoura Plein Feu stamps beneath the base Edition Picasso Madoura inscription painted beneath the base   Provenance: Sotheby’s London, Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors, and Sculptures, May 23rd, 1990, lot 101 Ugo Samueli Collection Private collection   Bibliography: A. Ramié, Picasso. Catalogue de l’œuvre céramique édité 1947 - 1971, Editions Madoura, Vallauris,1988, no. 288

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