$3,250
Image shows advanced toning, with a second border of toning from being re-framed at some point.
Three edges of sheet show shallow losses to paper, with no indications that losses fully penetrate sheet. Overall example is in stable vintage condition. Framed behind glass @ 21 x 25 inches. Examined out of frame.
Sheet measures: 13.5 h x 19 w inches. Signed and numbered to lower edge '6/99 Picasso'. This work is from the suite of thirteen illustrations by Picasso for the short story Le Chef-d'OEuvre Inconnu by Honoré de Balzac. It is number 6 from the edition of 99 aside from the full book edition of 340 printed by L. Fort and published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
1927 / 1934
etching on van Gelder paper
7¾ h × 11 w in (20 × 28 cm)
Provenance: Collection of Bertrand Goldberg | Thence by descent
Auctioneer:
Wright
Date:
2018-02-15
