Lot Essay
Baer cites only one other proof impression printed in relief in the collection of Musée Picasso, Paris.
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Les trois amies
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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Les trois amies
etching, circa 1923, on wove paper, signed in pencil, a rare proof impression of the second, final state, before steel-facing, printed in relief, before the edition of 150, with wide margins, with a deckle edge below, a crease in the lower margin, some surface dirt in the margins, otherwise in good condition
Plate 415 x 298 mm., Sheet 542 x 430 mm.
Les trois amies
etching, circa 1923, on wove paper, signed in pencil, a rare proof impression of the second, final state, before steel-facing, printed in relief, before the edition of 150, with wide margins, with a deckle edge below, a crease in the lower margin, some surface dirt in the margins, otherwise in good condition
Plate 415 x 298 mm., Sheet 542 x 430 mm.
Provenance
Henri Petiet (1894-1980), Paris (with his initials in pencil at lower right recto).
Literature
cf. Bloch 76; Baer 117IIa
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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