Record Price For A Picasso Ceramic

At the impressionist modern art auction at sotheby s london last night pablo picasso s 1909 painting femme assise set a record price for any cubist work at auction 63 6 million.

Record price for a picasso ceramic.

Passionate about expanding his collector base picasso created many ceramics in large editions with accessible prices though the market for some of his unique ceramics has since skyrocketed. Four lots in the sale of picasso ceramics. Explore all serveware ceramics silver and glass created by pablo picasso. One can find works being sold at auction for anywhere from 1 000 to 2 000 000.

A vase by pablo picasso has sold at auction in london for almost 1m to an anonymous bidder. The madoura collection exceeded this previous record. The previous world record price for a picasso ceramic edition at auction was 312 750 414 073 achieved for an edition of grand vase aux danseurs sold at an auction in december 2010. Pablo picasso 1881 1973 grand vase aux femmes voilées a r.

116 conceived in 1950 and executed in a numbered edition of 25 height. Offered in picasso ceramics 3 17 september 2020 online. Le hibou rouge et blanc 1953 a one of a kind earthenware sculpture of a patterned owl set the auction record for picasso s ceramics selling for. 25 in 65 1 cm.

The prices for picasso ceramics do vary quite a bit says townend. With estimates ranging from 1 000 to over 30 000 this sale presents a diverse selection of works by picasso suitable to new and experienced collectors. The variation in price corresponds with the desirability of the particular example. It is a world record price for a ceramic piece by the spanish artist but his paintings sell for much.

These tend to trend at higher prices than some of his smaller ceramic vessels and vases. This dedicated sale of picasso s editioned works includes over 50 lots of the artist s prints and ceramics spanning the artist s career and a variety of his most famous motifs.