Pablo Picasso - Buste au corsage à carreaux
Lithograph on Arches paper (with Arches watermark), 1957
Executed in 1957; Mourlot's first state (of two), printed by Mourlot, Paris.
Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
Signed in red pencil (Lower right)
Numbered 44/50 in pencil (Lower left)
Dated in the litho stone: 18 Dec 57
Paper size: 66.5 x 50.5 cm
Frame size: 91.5 x 75.0 cm
Catalogue Raisonné: Mourlot 308/I (from II). Bloch 849, Reuße 734
Condition: In beautiful original condition. Paper color is fresh and bright.
Signature slightly faded (as common with the works signed in red pencil) very faint discoloration in the outer margin due to an old mat. Otherwise in excellent condition.
Provenance:
- JL Hudson gallery, Detroit, USA
- Private collection USA
- Thence by Descent
- Private collection Amsterdam, Netherlands
Framed, to museum standards in a beautiful hand carved wooden frame with 99% uv-resistant museum glass

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