PABLO PICASSO (1881 - 1973) | Maison close. repos et bavardages (Bloch 2001, Baer 2011)

Etching, 1971, stamped with the artist's signature and numbered 48/50 (total edition includes 15 artist's proofs), from the '156 Series', on Rives BFK wove paper, published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, in 1978, framed

The print is in good condition, with full margins. Extremely faint light- and mat-stain, noticeable only at the mat-opening. (An occasional minuscule fox mark in the margins, and a small semi-circular crease in the image at left.) The verso with hinge remnants along the upper sheet edge.
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