Tête de chèvre de profil. 1952.
Ceramics. White sherd with color engobe on partly brushed glazing.
Ramié 145. With the embossined stamps "Madoura plein feu" and "Empreinte originale de Picasso" on the stand. From an edition of 250 copies. 31.5 x 51.7 cm (12.4 x 20.3 in).
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• Picasso's famous motif of the goat head in a particularly fine blue-green execution.
• In terms of its extent, wealth of variants and expressiveness, the ceramics make for an important part of his œuvre.
• This year numerous museums around the world honor the artist who died 50 years ago with extra exhibitions, among them the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Albertina in Vienna, the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen, the Guggenheim-Museum in Bilbao and New York as well as many others.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Northern Germany.