Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) for MADOURA - Lot 175

Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) for MADOURA Head of a goat in profile, 1950 model. Round/square earthenware plate with creamy-white ground. Decorated with a relief imprint in oxidized kerosene and a shaded brown-green glaze. Artist's proof. Stamped on the back "Madoura, plein feu. Original print by Picasso". Diameter: 26.5 to 27.5 cm. (Slight rubbing to the goat's eyelid, tiny chips to the edge). Provenance: Given by Pablo Picasso to Mme Anne Persky (1914-2011), known as Dominique Desanti, then passed on to the current owner. Bibliography: - Georges Bloch, Pablo Picasso, Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé céramique (1949-1971), tome III, Éditions Kornfeld et Klipstein, 1972, p. 26. - Alain Ramié, Picasso. Catalog de l'oeuvre céramique édité (1947-1971), Éditions Madoura, 1988, p. 61, no. 109.