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PABLO PICASSO L'Abeille.
Aquatint, grattoir and drypoint, 1936. 417x315 mm; 161/2x121/2 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, before steel-facing and beveling of the plate and aside from the edition of 225. One of only approximately several artist's proofs (Baer cites 3 known proofs, 2 of which are now in museum collections). Signed in blue crayon, lower right. A superb, richly-inked impression. Bloch 349; Baer 596 II.
