Lot 127
  • 127

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Femme couchee et Guitariste (B. 918)
  • Image: 530 by 635mm; 20 7/8 by 25in
  • Sheet: 622 by 751mm; 24½ by 29 5/8 in
Linocut printed in colours, 1959, signed in pencil, numbered 9/50, published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, on Arches wove paper, with wide margins, in good condition except the beige darkened to olive green and slight light-staining

Condition

The margins have possibly been very slightly shaved. The image is in good condition apart from the beige darkened to olive green. Please note the mentioned light-staining visible in the margins. Discoloration, associated with diagonal hinging tabs, at each corner of sheet recto.
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