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Modern & Contemporary Art - Auction ends: April 15, 2026 from 3:00 pm

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Pablo Picasso - Ceramics
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Pablo Picasso
Wood-owl, 1968
Ceramics
Starting bid:
€ 7,200
Estimate:
€ 8,000 - 12,000
End: 04-15-26 15:44:00 Berlin
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90
Pablo Picasso
Wood-owl, 1968
Ceramics
Starting bid:
€ 7,200
Estimate:
€ 8,000 - 12,000
End: 04-15-26 15:44:00 Berlin
04-15-26 09:44:00 New York
04-15-26 06:44:00 Los Angeles (30 days, 16h:38m)

Please enter your maximum bid, it will only be used to the extent necessary to beat the next best bid.
Bid plus 34 % buyer's premium (differential taxation without separate VAT statement, sales tax certificate upon request) and droit de suite charge without VAT.
Self pick-up: free of charge,
insured shipping:
within Germany 81,04 €,
within the EU countries 134,53 €,
outside the EU countries on request.


After entering your maximum bid you will be able to check your entry and you will be provided with further information. Only after a further confirmation your bid will be binding.


Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
Wood-owl. 1968.
Ceramics. White sherd with engobe painting, scratch decor and partly brushed glazing.
Foot with the scratched number and the inscriptions "Edition Picasso" and "Madoura",, as well as with the embossing stamps "Madoura Plein Feu" and "Edition Picasso". Copy 74/500. 30 x 15 x 22.5 cm (11.8 x 5.9 x 8.8 in).
[AR].

• The owl motif, so familiar from Picasso's work, in a particularly beautiful design.
• Picasso once cared for an injured owl, which inspired him to create numerous motifs.
• In terms of their scope, variety, and expressiveness, ceramics represent a significant part of his overall oeuvre.
• In private ownership for more than 50 years.

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Saarland.

LITERATURE: Alain Ramié, Picasso. Catalogue of the edited ceramic works 1947-1974, Vallauris 1988, CR no. 543 (illu. in color, different copy).

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