Lot 12
  • 12

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Bacchus et Marie-Thérèse (en Ariane?) (B. 284; Ba. 432)
  • Engraving and drypoint on Montval laid with Picasso watermark paper
  • plate: 297 by 237 mm 11 3/4 by 9 3/8 in
  • sheet: 450 by 340 mm 17 3/4 by 13 3/8 in
Engraving and drypoint, 1934, printed in 1942, Baer's III.B, one of approximately 58 recorded proofs, on Montval laid paper with the Picasso watermark, printed by Lacourière, Paris, framed

Condition

The print is in good condition, the full sheet. A few traces of stray ink in the margins. Extremely faint mat-stain at sheet edges. A few inconspicuous fox marks visible upon close inspection. The verso in good condition with light surface soiling at sheet edges and a few scattered fox marks.
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