Lot 55
  • 55

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Femme au fauteuil No. 1 (M. 134; not in B.)
  • Lithograph, 1948

  • Image: 695 by 545mm; 27 3/8 by 21 3/8 in
  • Sheet: 760 by 565mm; 29 7/8 by 22¼in
Lithograph, 1948, Mourlot's tenth state (of eleven), the second state of transfer from the fifth state, initialled in pencil by Fernand Mourlot, inscribed with his reference 134, 2e état du report and numbered 6/6 verso, one of six proofs reserved for the artist and the printer (there was no edition of this state), on Arches wove paper

Condition

With full margins with a deckle at left and right, in good condition apart from slight uneven paper discoloration to the margins, foxing to the margins, pale uneven discoloration verso, unframed.
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