Sep 20, 2012 - Sale 2286

Sale 2286 - Lot 456

Price Realized: $ 7,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
PABLO PICASSO
Le Chant des Morts by Pierre Reverdy.

Portfolio with 125 lithographs printed in red on cream wove paper, 1946-48. 430x330 mm; 17x13 inches (sheets), full margins, loose as issued.

One of 250 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches, from a total edition of 270. Signed by both Picasso and Reverdy in pencil and numbered 220 on the justification page. Printed by Mourlot, Paris. Published by Tériade for Éditions Verve, Paris. Original paste board portfolio. Bloch 524; Mourlot 117; Reuße 243-367.