Lot 36
  • 36

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Françoise (B. 401; M. 45)
  • Lithograph, 1946

  • Image: 635 by 490mm; 25 by 19¼in
  • Sheet: 653 by 500mm; 25¾ by 19¾in
Lithograph, 1946, initialled in pencil by Fernand Mourlot, inscribed with his reference 45 and numbered 6/6 verso, one of six proofs reserved for the artist and the printer (aside from the edition of 50), on Arches wove paper 

Condition

The full sheet, a deckle on each side, in very good condition apart from very slight paper discoloration along the edges of sheet, occasional pale foxing to the edges of the sheet verso, unframed.
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