PABLO PICASSO
This lot is offered without reserve. In 1946 Picasso worked in the empty Musée d'Antibes and while there adopted a small injured owl which he gradually domesticated and which he and Françoise Gilot took back with them to Paris. It was the subject of several lithographs.
PABLO PICASSO

Owl with White Background (M. 53; B. 408)

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PABLO PICASSO
Owl with White Background (M. 53; B. 408)
lithograph, 1947, on Arches, Mourlot's only state, Mourlot calls for five proofs and the signed and numbered edition of 50, inscribed '53', 'M 53' and '6/6 FM' in pencil on the reverse, with margins, pale mat staining, a soft crease at the upper left margin corner, two small areas of minor surface soiling at the upper margin edge and in places on the reverse, otherwise in very good condition, framed
L. 25 x 16½ in. (635 x 419 mm.)
S. 26 x 19¾ in. (660 x 502 mm.)
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This lot is offered without reserve.

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