Apr 30, 2009 - Sale 2178

Sale 2178 - Lot 431

Price Realized: $ 3,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
PABLO PICASSO
Le Belier.

Aquatint, grattoir and drypoint on vergé 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 6 known proofs on this paper, 3 of which are in public collections). Signed in blue crayon, lower right. Printed by Lacourière, Paris. Published by Martin Fabiani, Paris. From Histoire Naturelle. A brilliant, early impression, with crisp plate edges. Bloch 332; Baer 579 II A.