Pablo Picasso

Four etchings and drypoints, 1925-55, each with the stamped signature and numbered in pencil 12/50, on various  laid papers, published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, 1961, with full margins, in good condition apart from occasional minor discoloration, framed (4 prints)

Le couple amoureux (B. 71): On laid paper measuring 242 by 309 mm. The extreme lower right sheet corner is faintly discolored. Joueuses a la Balle (B. 243): on laid paper measuring 310 by 245 mm. There is a soft diagonal crease at the lower sheet edge and the paper tone is sligtly darkened by light-stain. Femme Nue Couchee (B. 273): On laid paper with the Royal ?? watermark measuring 210 by 300 mm. The sheet edges are darkened nad there is pale light-stain in the sheet. Scene Bucolique (B. 776): On Richard de Bas laid paper measuring 404 by 505 mm. The sheet is slightly darkened with light-stain and there are a few occasional fox marks in the margins. There is a soft diagonal handling crease in the left margin.
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