PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) & ATELIER FRANÇOIS (1899-1981) ET PIERRE (B. 1947) HUGO GOLDSMITHS - EDWIGE AND ALAIN GHEERBRANDT COLLECTION Visage dans un carré, goldsmith's workshop reference 1435, after the model originally created in ceramics in [1956], from an edition initiated around [1967] and limited to 20 copies, all numbered and increased by 2 artist's copies and 2 author's copies, our proof numbered 9/20. Large round dish. Embossed silver proof. Marked with the PICASSO signature stamp and numbered 9/20, it bears three Master Goldsmith and guarantee hallmarks, as well as the numbers 1435 and 3218 on the heap on the reverse. Presented in its original burr-veneered case with the central cartouche on the lid featuring our dish design and bearing the Pablo PICASSO 9/20 mark, marked with the ink stamp Bouc Bel Air - LP 13320 FR on the reverse; the interior lined with red velvet. Diameter: 42 cm Weight: 1.940 g Provenance : Edwige and Alain Gheerbrandt Collection. Bibliography : - Claire Siaud & Pierre Hugo - Bijoux d'artistes, Hommage à François Hugo - Les Cyprès Éditeur, Aix-en-Provence, 2001. A similar model, made in gold (unique piece), is reproduced on page 153; the model reproduced under number 1435 in the François Hugo Reference Book is on page 193. - Alain Ramié - Picasso, catalog de l'œuvre céramique édité 1947-1971- Éditions Madoura, 1988. The initial ceramic model reproduced on page 181 and referenced under numbers 353 and 354 (white earthenware and white earthenware with blue slip decoration).