Mar 03, 2011 - Sale 2238

Sale 2238 - Lot 652

Price Realized: $ 4,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
PABLO PICASSO
Le Singe.

Aquatint, grattoir and drypoint on vergé de Montval, 1936. 365x280 mm; 14 3/8x11 inches (sheet), full margins. Artist's proof, with the title inked and before steel-facing of the plate, aside from the book edition of 225 (Baer cites 8 known proofs on this paper, 4 of which are in public collections). Signed in red crayon, lower right. Printed by Lacourière, Paris. Published by Martin Fabiani, Paris. From Histoire Naturelle. A brilliant, proof-like impression. Bloch 339; Baer 586 II A.