Sale 7868
London
|
15 September 2010
Price realised
GBP 6,000
Estimate
Pablo Picasso Colombe volant (à l'Arc-en-Ciel) (B. 712; Mourlot 214) lithograph in colours, 1952, on Japon nacré, signed in pencil, numbered 18/38 (there was also an edition of two hundred on wove paper), probably the full sheet, generally in good condition, framed L. 500 x 646 mm., S. 563 x 766 mm.
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