May 03, 2007 - Sale 2112

Sale 2112 - Lot 531

Price Realized: $ 36,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 40,000 - $ 60,000
PABLO PICASSO
La Poule.

Aquatint and drypoint on vélin d'Arches, 1952. 513x665 mm; 20 1/4x26 1/4 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, before steel-facing of the plate and aside from the edition of 50 (Baer cites 2 other similar proofs before steel-facing). Signed in red crayon, lower right. A brilliant, richly-inked impression with crisp, inky plate edges. Bloch 694; Baer 896 VI A/C.