Lot 41
  • 41

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Centaure et faune flûtiste (Ba. 1090)
  • Aquatint and etching on hand-made Auvergne laid paper
  • plate: 285 by 400 mm 11 1/4 by 15 3/4 in
  • sheet: 405 by 508 mm 16 by 20 in
Aquatint and etching with hand-biting, 1961, stamped with the artist's signature and inscribed in pencil Gravure inedite - 5 exemplaires -, one of five recorded proofs, on Auvergne handmade laid paper, printed by Frélaut, Paris

Condition

The print is in good condition, with full margins. The sheet is slightly discolored, with time-stain at extreme edges. A small trace of stray ink in lower right corner margin. A minuscule stain in lower left corner margin. The verso in good condition, with time-stain at edges and a few small fox marks.
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