Mar 06, 2014 - Sale 2341

Sale 2341 - Lot 396A

Price Realized: $ 6,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
PABLO PICASSO
L'Abeille.

Aquatint, grattoir and drypoint on cream laid vergé de Montval, 1936. 417x315 mm; 16 1/2x12 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.