Lot 132
  • 132

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Femme nue se couronnant de fleurs; and Femme assise et femme de dos (B. 135, 206; Ba. 195, 404)
  • etching
  • first plate: 313 by 221mm 12 3/8 by 8 3/4 in
  • second plate: 276 by 197mm 10 7/8 by 7 3/4 in
Two etchings, 1930-34, from la suite Vollard, from the total editions of 310, on Montval laid paper with the Picasso and Vollard watermarks respectively

Provenance

Ex coll: Henri M. Petiet (L. 2021a)

Condition

With full margins, in good condition, the first with pale time-staining at the sheet edges and two areas of oxidation at lower sheet edge verso, the second verso with an area of foxing (or rust specks?) at the lower right corner and minor surface soiling at top and bottom sheet edges, both unframed.
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