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Lot 32
Sale 5585 - Modern & Contemporary Works of Art
May 4, 2014
10:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$6,000 -
8,000
Price Realized
$9,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
PABLO PICASSO (SPANISH, 1881-1973) "ILLUSTRATION, FEMME AU FICHU"PLATE XVI FROM "VINGT POÈMES" BY LUIS DE GÓNGORA Y ARGOTE
1947-8, pencil signed, a rare signed proof aside from the total unsigned book edition of 275 (Baer allows for two signed proofs inscribed 'B.A.T.'), with wide margins; Les Grands Peintres Modernes et le Livre, Paris, publisher. Aquatint on wove paper.
image: 12 x 8 in. (30.4 x 20.2cm)
sheet: 15 x 11 1/4 in. (38.1 x 28.6cm)
[Bloch, 491; Baer, 753; see Cramer books, 51]
Note:
This lot will be sold accompanied by a letter signed by Maurice Jardot of Galerie Louise Leiris and dated November 27th, 1969, stating that the signature on this print is authentic.