BONHAMS TO HOLD FIRST EVER PICASSO EDITIONS SALE

BONHAM'S, LONDON, WILL HOLD THEIR FIRST EVER PICASSO EDITIONS SALE FEATURING CERAMICS, PRINTS AND JEWELRY BY THE MOST CELEBRATED ARTIST OF THE 20th CENTURY, IN KNIGHTSBRIDGE SALES ROOM ON 22.SEPTEMBER. PICASSO ITEMS HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN SOLD IN OTHER BONHAMS SALES, BUT THIS WILL BE THE FIRST AUCTION TO BE DEVOTED PURELY TO THE WORKS OF THE ARTIST. AS WELL AS CERAMICS, THERE IS ALREADY A SPECIAL EARLY CONSIGNMENT OF TWO OF THE NINETEEN SILVER PLATES DESIGNED BY PICASSO, INCLUDING ONE TITLED 'DORMEUR', HIS FIRST EXPERIMENT IN THE USE OF SILVER. PICASSO BEGAN DESIGNING IN SILVER PLATES IN THE MID 1950s. FOLLOWING A METING WITH THE SILVERSMITH FRANCOIS HUGO. HAVING GIVEN HIM THE PLATTER 'DORMEUR' AS A MODEL, PICASSO WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN SO PLEASED WITH THE RESULT THAT HE IMMEDIATELY ASKED HUGO TO CREATE ANOTHER FOUR LIKE IT. FROM THE EDITION OF JUST TWENTY EACH, BOTH 'DORMEUR' AND 'JOUEUR DE FLUTE AT CAVALIER' ARE EXCELLENT EXAMPLES OF THE PLAYFUL AND ICONIC MOTIFS TO BE FOUND IN PICASSO'S EDITIONS. THEY ARE ESTIMATED AT £10,000-15,000 EACH. THE SALE HAS BEEN INTRODUCED BY BONHAMS SPECIALIST RUTH GRAHAM WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE FIRM SINCE 2008.