Lot 78
  • 78

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Le repas frugal (B. 1; Ba. 2)
  • Etching
  • plate: 472 by 384mm 18 3/8 by 14 7/8 in
  • sheet: 664 by 514mm 26 by 20in
Etching, 1904, from la suite des Saltimbanques, printing with plate tone and clarity, a fine impression from the edition of 250 (there were also 27 or 29 impressions printed on japan paper), on Van Gelder Zonen wove paper, published by Vollard, Paris, framed   

Provenance

Acquired by Lord & Lady Attenborough in 1987

Condition

With full margins (a deckle edge at each side), in good condition apart from slight paper discoloration in margins and verso, pale surface soiling in the margins, framed. (Spots of stray ink in the upper margin).
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