Description:
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
Dans l'arène. Jeune homme achevant le Minotaure from La Suite Vollard, 1933, edition of 260, published 1939 by Vollard, Paris, printed by Lacourière, Paris (Bloch 197). Signed "Picasso" in pencil l.r., dated "Paris 31 Mars XXXIII" within the plate, with a label from The Alpha Gallery, Boston, affixed to the frame backing. Etching on laid paper with Vollard watermark, plate size 7 5/8 x 10 5/8 in., matted, framed.
Condition: Full margins with deckled edges to three sides, mat burn, gentle toning, scattered fox marks, inscribed "359" in pencil in the margin l.l., hinges near upper corners on verso.
Estimate $2,500-3,500
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