Lot 188
  • 188

Pablo Picasso 1881-1973

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Sculpteur, modèle couché et sculpture (B. 147)
  • Plate: 270 by 193mm; 10 5/8 by 7 5/8 in
  • Sheet: 445 by 337mm; 17¾ by 13¼in
Etching, 1933, signed in pencil, from the Vollard Suite, from the total edition of 303, on Montval laid paper, watermarked Picasso, with full margins, in good condition apart from pale mount-staining, slight backboard-staining verso

Condition

The work is overall good condition. There is a small handling crease to the right shoulder of the figure on the left. The mentioned mout-staining is stronger in a thin band where the inner edge of the mount would have sat. There is slight discoloration at the extreme edges of the sheet. The mentioned slight backboard staining. A small rectangle of discoloration to the extreme lower left edge of sheet verso probabley associated with previous hinging.
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