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PABLO PICASSO Le Sauterelle.
Aquatint, grattoir and drypoint on vergé de Montval, 1936. 415x307 mm; 16 3/8x12 1/8 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, before steel-facing and beveling of the plate, aside from the book edition of 225 (Baer cites 5 known proofs on this paper). Signed in blue crayon, lower right. Printed by Lacourière, Paris. Published by Martin Fabiani, Paris. From Histoire Naturelle. A superb, early impression with crisp plate edges. Bloch 358; Baer 605 IV A.
