Pablo Picasso

Etching, 1904, from la suite des Saltimbanques, from the edition of 250 (there were also 27 or 29 impressions on Japan paper), on Van Gelder Zonen wove paper, printed by Louis Fort, published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1913

With full margins (a deckle at upper and right sheet edges and a partial deckle at left and below), in good condition apart from pale paper discoloration, two small and pale fox marks in the image (in the background to the right of the woman's head) and a minute fox mark at the bottom edge of the image, some inconsistencies in paper tone (mainly visible verso), a few slightly abraded areas in the margins (away from the image), occasional mottled fox marks (mainly verso), a minute pin hole at the extreme left edge of sheet and two filled in pin holes in the upper margin, occasional traces of very minor surface soiling in the margins (not affecting the image), a vertical band of darker discoloration verso, occasional soft handling creases and a couple of small creases at the lower right and upper left corners of the sheet, unframed.
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