Femme au Fauteuil

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Pablo Picasso
Femme au Fauteuil
lithograph in colours, 1948, on Arches wove paper, a proof impression of the second, final state, without the black stone, inscribed with the printer Fernand Mourlot's reference '133 bis 1 état' sans noir', one of six proofs reserved for the artist and the printer (there was no edition of this state), the full sheet, a deckle edge above and below, generally in good condition

L., S. 652 x 500 mm.

Literature

Mourlot 133

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Lot Essay

The present impression is incorrectly inscribed '1 état' verso. It is the second state, without the black stone, after the reworking of the colour stones. This is probably a unique proof; Mourlot does not record other impressions printed without the black stone.

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