Lot 131
  • 131

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
400 - 600 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Deux Femmes nues (Bloch 123)
  • etching
  • Image: circa 138 by 169mm; 5½ by 6 5/8 in
  • Sheet: 337 by 252mm; 13¼ by 10in
Etching, 1931, one plate from Les Métamorphoses d'Ovides, a proof aside from the edition of 145 (without the remarque), on wove paper

Provenance

A. Zwemmer, London, from whom acquired by Dorothy Elmhirst, 24th October 1934
Gifted by Leonard Elmhirst to The Dartington Hall Trust, 20th November 1971

Exhibited

Dartington Hall, High Cross House, 2000.

Condition

With margins, mount-staining, a handling crease at left, a small stain towards lower right corner of sheet, slight surface dirt, occasional tiny foxmarks within image, framed.
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