Pablo Picasso, Colombe Mate, 1948

Ceramic, white earthenware dish. height - 31 cm, width - 38 cm, depth - 0 cm. stamped, on bottom. Ed. 450. Estimate: from $8,300 to $9,500

Note: Picasso only started making ceramics in 1947, so this work from one year later is one of his earliest. "The killed dove" as the works title translates to, may haves symbolized Picasso's feelings of despair driven by the events of WWII.

Authentication forthis Picasso ceramic is 'purchased from Sotheby's, London'

NB: Je possède le même plat. Mes parents l'avaient acheté à Picasso lorsqu'ils lui ont rendu visite à Vallauris en 1954.

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