* Pablo Picasso 1881-1973 (Spanish) Scene de tauromachique, 1959 (Unique) hand painted red terracotta 15 x 23 cm (6 x 9 in.) dated '14.7.59' on the reverse Provenance: Estate of the artist. Jacqueline Picasso, Paris, by descent. Etienne Sassi Inc., Paris. Hammer Galleries, New York. Elliott Yeary Gallery, Aspen, Colorado. Collection of Sam Wyly, Dallas, Texas, acquired from the above in 2001. Private European Collection. Exhibited: Hommage a Jacqueline Picasso, Galerie Sassi Milici, Vallauris, France, July 21-September 10, 1990. Picasso-Unique Ceramics, Hammer Galleries, May 1-June 11, 1996. Picasso-Unique Ceramics, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY, November 16, 1996-January 26, 1997. Literature: Picasso: Unique Ceramics, From the Estate of Jacqueline Picasso, New York, Hammer Galleries, 1999, p.18 (illustrated in color). Other Notes: Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Maya Widmaier-Picasso, dated February 14, 1996.