Description:
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
Célestine et fille, avec un chat et un jeune client, 1968, plate 107 from the series 347 Gravures, published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, in 1969, from the proof edition of 17 (Baer et al., 1603Bb2). Signed "Picasso" in pencil l.r., dated "24.5.68 I" within the plate. Aquatint on wove paper, plate size 3 1/2 x 4 7/8 in. (8.8 x 12.2 cm),framed.
Condition: Gentle rippling, not examined out of frame.
N.B. The same plate was used in the suite La Célestine, published as an unsigned edition of 400 in 1971.
Estimate $1,500-2,000
Out of the frame the sheet is a heavy wove with all edges deckled, and it measures 10 1/16 x 12 7/8 inches. It is hinged at the upper corners (verso). There is very pale mat burn, as well as two areas of soiling/staining (one in the left margin; the other in the upper margin - see images). There are pencil annotations to the verso.
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