Lot 237
  • 237

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Femme assise en tailleur: Geneviève Laporte (B. 1837; Ba. 888)
  • etching and drypoint on japon nacre paper
  • plate: 144 by 100 mm 5 5/8 by 3 7/8 in
  • sheet: approx. 312 by 232 mm 12 1/4 by 9 1/8 in
Etching and drypoint, 1951, signed in pencil and numbered 63/180 (total edition includes 12 artist's proofs), on japon nacré, published by Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, 1969, framed

Condition

The print is in good condition, with wide margins. There is a large fox mark in the upper left margin and a few small, inconspicuous fox marks scattered in the image and margins. There is a diagonal printer's crease in the upper left margin, not affecting the image, and adhesive residue along the extreme upper edge, showing through from verso. Another spot of adhesive residue showing through at lower center edge. (Light handling creases in the upper left and lower right corners.) The verso with adhesive residue along upper and lower edges and some small rust and fox marks. (Pencil annotations and a stamp lower right corner.)
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