Lot 127
  • 127

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • La danse (B. 15; Ba. 18)
  • etching
  • plate: 185 by 232mm 7 1/4 by 9 1/8 in
  • sheet: 330 by 510mm 13 by 20 1/8 in
Drypoint, 1905, printing with plate tone, from la suite des Saltimbanques, from the edition of 250 (there were also 27 or 29 impressions on Japan paper), on Van Gelder Zonen wove paper, printed by Louis Fort, published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1913

Condition

With full margins (a deckle at three sides), in good condition apart from occasional and pale mottled foxing (one very small fox mark in the image), slight inconsistencies in the paper tone (mainly visible verso), a soft handling crease at the left sheet edge, unframed.
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