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Françoise Gilot (b. 1921)

Lot 63: Francoise Gilot (b. 1921) and Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Christie's

March 10, 2010
New York, NY, US

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Description

Francoise Gilot (b. 1921) and Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Owl necklace and ring
suspended carved stone pendant in the form of a colored owl joined to a necklace of various metal, bone and stone beads, with an oval shaped pebble clasp with pink painted detail, on a purple cord, 15 in. Ring size is approximately 5½ in. (13.9 cm.)
Executed in 1948; unique (2)

Exhibited

London, Victoria and Albert Museum; Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen and Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum, Surreal Things, March 2007-September 2008, p. 290, no. 19 (illustrated in color, p. 291).

Provenance

Françoise Gilot, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1984.

Notes

Two objects in one lot (2).

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March 10, 2010, 10:00 AM EST

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