Lot 102
  • 102

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • MINOTAURE CARESSANT UNE FEMME (B. 191)
  • etching
  • Plate: 297 by 368mm; 11 3/4 by 14 1/2 in
  • Sheet: 338 by 445mm; 13 1/4 by 17 1/2 in
Etching, 1933, from the Vollard Suite, signed in pencil, from the total edition of 310, on Montval laid paper, watermarked Vollard

Condition

With full margins, in good condition apart from pale light- and mount-staining, a group of irregular foxmarks in woman's leg in centre, a pale foxmark in elbow of woman at right and in margin at left, a diagonal handling crease to left of signature, remains of cellophane residue in seven places verso showing partially through at lower left and right recto, backboard-staining, framed.
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