¤ PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) WOMAN'S HEAD' PENDANT in... Lot 22

¤ PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) WOMAN'S HEAD' PENDANT in modelled red earthenware, decorated with engobes Metal bead Unsigned Unique copy Earthenware, modelled and painted, metal suspension ring; unsigned; this work is unique 4,2 CM - 1 5/8 IN. A certificate from Mr. Claude Picasso, dated 10 novembre 2020, will be given to the purchaser. "Throughout his life, Picasso enjoyed giving gifts and loved to give jewellery. Today, the recipients of these gifts, or their closest descendants, still have them in their possession. These are just a few of the pieces that have already been seen in exhibitions and, despite the amount of knowledge we have about Picasso, his life and his work, few references are made to these jewels. ...] In Vallauris, for example, he made a number of small objects in argile : figurines, heads or hands. Some were made from small pieces of ceramics, debris collected from the floor of the pottery workshop. [...] If they could be worn, Picasso did not see them as jewels. They were linked to his fascination with the Mediterranean and evoked a past that goes back to Antiquité ; he saw them as ex-votos, tiny household gods, seals, talismans, 'objects for the hand to play with'." Clare Finn, "Picasso et les bijoux", in Picasso, Peintre d'objets, Objets de peintre, cat. expo, Musée d'art moderne de Céret, 12 juin-19 septembre 2004, La Piscine-Musée d'art et d'industrie André Diligent de Roubaix, 9 octobre 2004-9 janvier 2005, Gallimard, Paris : 2004, pp. 79 and 84.