Visage aux feuilles
stamped with the artist's signature and numbered 'Picasso H.C 4/6' and stamped with the silversmith's mark, the French assay mark for silver and numbered '1403/4553' (on the reverse)
silver repoussé plate with wooden presentation box
42.8cm (16 7/8in) diameter
Conceived in 1956 and executed in silver by François and Pierre Hugo in a numbered edition of 20 plus two exemplaires d'artiste, two exemplaires d'auteur and a numbered H.C edition of 6.

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The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Pierre Hugo.

Provenance
Atelier François & Pierre Hugo, France.
Private collection, France.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature
G. Bloch, Pablo Picasso, Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé céramique 1949-1971, Vol. III, Bern, 1972, no. 98-99 (ceramic versions illustrated pp. 84-85).
G. Ramié, Picasso's Ceramics, London, 1975, no. 427 (ceramic version illustrated p. 180).
D. Cooper, Picasso, 19 plats en argent par François et Pierre Hugo, Paris, 1977 (another version illustrated).
A. Ramié, Picasso, Catalogue of the edited ceramic works, 1947-1971, Madoura, 1988, no. 323-324 (ceramic versions illustrated p. 165).
C. Siaud & P. Hugo, Bijoux d'artistes, Hommage à François Hugo, Aix-en-Provence, 2001 (gold version illustrated p. 179).

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