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Lot 114
  • 114

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Le Chant Des Morts: One plate (see Cramer BKS 50)
  • Lithographie, lavis sur pierre
  • image: 406 by 635 mm 16 by 25 in
  • sheet: 584 by 782 mm 23 by 30 7/8 in
Lithograph printed in red, 1948, an unrecorded proof for the illustrated book "Le Chant Des Morts", on beige San Francisco L. M. F., wove paper, printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris

Provenance

The collection of Marie-Thérèse Walter
Private collection, Lausanne

Condition

The print is in generally good condition, wide (full?) margins. The sheet is unevenly discolored and brittle. The top left and bottom corners are creased and there is paper loss in the top right corner. The top margin is soiled. The verso with surface soiling and two adhesive stains from hinge remnants.
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