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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 17, 2016 | Christie's | New York | Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale | 1B | $****** - ****** | Le hibou (rouge et blanc) |
sculpture
33.7 x 87.1 cm (13.25 x 34.3 in)
earthenware painted by the artist
signed and dated 'Picasso 22.2.53.' (on the front of the base), signed and dated again 'Picasso 22.2.53.' (on the underside)
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York.
Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York (acquired from the above, 24 December 1953).
Mary R. Morgan, New York (by descent from the above).
Mary Rockefeller Morgan Charitable Trust (gift from the above).
New York, The Museum of Modern Art and The Art Institute of Chicago, Picasso: 75th Anniversary Exhibition, May-December 1957, p. 100 (illustrated).
New York, Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration, Ceramics by Picasso, March-May 1958, no. 52.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection, May-September 1969, p. 33 (illustrated).
A. Verdet, "La griffe de Picasso" in XXe siècle, March 1958, p. 14 (another example illustrated in situ).
R. Penrose, The Sculpture of Picasso, New York, 1967, pp. 140-141 (another example illustrated).
D.-H. Kahnweiler, Picasso-Keramik, Hanover, 1970, pls. 32-33, 35-37 and 56 (other examples illustrated).
G. Mili, Picasso’s Third Dimension, New York, 1970, p. 180, no. 133 (another example illustrated in color). W. Spies, Picasso Sculpture with a Complete Catalogue, London, 1972, p. 308, no. 403 (bronze version illustrated, p. 201).
H. Greenfeld, Pablo Picasso: An Introduction, Chicago, 1971, p. 173 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
G. Ramié, Picasso's Ceramics, Paris, 1974, p. 283, no. 153 (illustrated, p. 68).
F. Ponge, P. Descargues and E. Quinn, Picasso, Paris, 1974, p. 275 (another example illustrated, p. 153).
P. Anbinder, ed., The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection: Masterpieces of Modern Art, New York, 1981, p. 105 (illustrated in color).
D. Bozo and M.-L. Besnard-Bernadac et al., The Picasso Museum: Paintings, Papiers collés, Picture Reliefs, Sculptures, and Ceramics, Paris, 1985 (another example illustrated, p. 216).
P. Daix, Picasso avec Picasso, Paris, 1987, p. 196 (another example illustrated).
B. Ruiz-Picasso, ed., Ceramics by Picasso, Paris, 1999, vol. I, pp. 524-529 (other examples illustrated in color).
W. Spies, Picasso: The Sculptures, Stuggart, 2000, p. 411, no. 403.III (another example illustrated in color, p. 254; other examples illustrated, p. 373).
signed and dated 'Picasso 22.2.53.' (on the front of the base); signed and dated again 'Picasso 22.2.53.' (on the underside)
earthenware painted by the artist
Height: 13 ¼ in. (33.6 cm.)
Length: 13 ½ in. (34.3 cm.)
Executed on 22 February 1953
