Apr 30, 2009 - Sale 2178

Sale 2178 - Lot 432

Price Realized: $ 3,120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
PABLO PICASSO
L'Epervier.

Aquatint and drypoint on vélin de Montval, 1936. 415x315 mm; 16 3/8x12 1/2 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, before steel-facing and beveling of the plate, aside from the book edition of 225 (Baer cites 8 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, with crisp plate edges and with richly-inked burr in the title. Bloch 342; Baer 589 II A.