May 05, 2005 - Sale 2042

Sale 2042 - Lot 656

Unsold
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
PABLO PICASSO
La Sauterelle.

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 5 known proofs, 2 of which are now in museum collections). Signed in red crayon, lower right. A brilliant, richly-inked impression with crisp plate edges. Bloch 358; Baer 605 IV.