Lot 159
  • 159

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Faune Musicien No. 4 (B. 522; Mourlot, Picasso Project 115)
  • Lithographie, hinter Glas gerahmt
  • sheet: 764 by 560mm 30 1/8 by 22in
Lithograph, 1948, initialled in pencil by Fernand Mourlet verso, inscribed with his reference 115 and numbered 6/6 verso, one of six proofs reserved for the artist and the printer (aside from the numbered edition of 50), on Arches wove paper

Condition

The full sheet (a deckle edge at each side), in good condition apart from minor light-staining, a couple soft handling marks in the upper and lower sheet edges (only visible upon close inspection), remains of adhesive at three places on upper and lower sheet edges verso from previous hinging, one with associated skinning, unframed.
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