Visage tourmenté

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Visage tourmenté stamped with the signature, numbered and with the maker's mark 'Picasso EXEMPLAIRE D'AUTEUR EXEMPLAIRE D'AUTEUR 2/2 HUGO ORFEVRE' and inscised 'Exemplaire unique en or Unique sample in Gold' (on the reverse); stamped with the goldsmith's mark and the French assay mark for gold and numbered '1408-3045' (on the lower reverse rim) 22 carat gold repoussé plate Diameter: 16 3/8 in. (41.6 cm.) Conceived in 1956 and executed in silver in a numbered edition of 20 plus two exemplaire d'artiste and 2 exemplaire d'auteur; this plate is number 2/2 of the exemplaire d'auteur and the only example in gold. In original wood case.