Lot 151
  • 151

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Peintre ramassant son Pinceau (B. 88; Ba. 129; see C. BKS 20)
  • etching
  • plate: 196 by 277mm 7 3/4 by 10 7/8 in
  • sheet: 378 by 505mm 14 7/8 by 19 7/8 in
Etching, 1927, from Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu, signed in bistre, numbered 4/99, on Van Gelder wove paper, published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, framed

Condition

With full margins, in good condition apart from very pale mount-staining, three soft handling creases in the margins, mild surface soiling at the lower sheet edge, the verso unevenly discoloured and with a band of faint adhesive remains along the upper sheet edge, framed.
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