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PABLO PICASSO Le Lézard.
Aquatint, grattoir and drypoint on vergé de Montval, 1936. 415x315 mm; 16 3/8x12 1/2 inches, full margins. First state (of 2). Artist's proof, before steel-facing and beveling of the plate, aside from the book edition of 225 (Baer cites 8 known proofs on vélin de Montval). Signed in blue crayon, lower right. Printed by Lacourière, Paris. Published by Martin Fabiani, Paris. From Histoire Naturelle. A superb, dark and richly-inked early impression, with crisp plate edges. Bloch 355; Baer 602 I.
