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PABLO PICASSO
L’Abeille
.
Aquatint, grattoir and drypoint on cream laid
vergé de Montval
, 1936. 417x315 mm;
16
1
/
2
x12
1
/
2
inches, full margins.Artist’s proof, before steel facing and beveling of the plate
and aside from the book edition of 225 (Baer cites 7 proofs of this subject altogether and
3 proofs on this paper). Signed in blue crayon, lower right. Printed by Lacourière, Paris.
Published by Martin Fabiani, Paris. From
Histoire Naturelle
. A superb impression of this
scarce print. Bloch 349; Baer 596 A.
[4,000/6,000]
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PABLO PICASSO
La Langouste
.
Aquatint and drypoint on
vergé de Montval
, 1936. 366x279 mm; 14
3
/
8
x11 inches (sheet),
full margins. Artist’s proof, with the title inked and before steel-facing of the plate, aside
from the book edition of 225 (Baer cites 3 other known proofs on this paper). Signed in
blue crayon, lower right. Printed by Lacourière, Paris. Published by Martin Fabiani, Paris.
From
Histoire Naturelle
. A superb, early impression of this scarce proof. Bloch 352; Baer
599 III A.
[5,000/8,000]
420
