Mar 08, 2012 - Sale 2272

Sale 2272 - Lot 726

Unsold
Estimate: $ 35,000 - $ 50,000
PABLO PICASSO
Maison close: Le Chocolat II.

Sugar-lift aquatint, etching and engraving, 1955. 450x647 mm; 17 3/4x25 1/2 inches, full margins. First state (of 3). One of only 7 impressions in this state (there were 20 impressions in all 3 states). Ex-collection Marina Picasso, Succession Pablo Picasso, with the ink stamp verso. A superb, dark and richly-inked impression of this extremely scarce aquatint. Baer 922.