Mar 10, 2005 - Sale 2036

Sale 2036 - Lot 551

Price Realized: $ 5,980
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
PABLO PICASSO
Le Papillon.

Aquatint, grattoir and drypoint on cream wove paper, 1936. 395x267 mm; 155/8x105/8 inches, full margins. First state (of 2). One of only 8 proofs cited by Baer before steel-facing and beveling of the plate. Signed in red crayon, lower right. Montval watermark. A superb impression of this scarce print. Bloch 350; Baer 597.