Sale 7958
London
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29 March 2011
FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
Price realised
GBP 4,750
Estimate
Pablo Picasso Minotaure embrassant une Femme (B. 283; Ba. 431) engraving, 1934, on Montval laid paper, watermark Picasso, an impression from the unsigned and unnumbered edition of 55 printed by Lacourière, Paris, 1942, the full sheet, deckle edges above and below, in very good condition P. 396 x 242 mm., S. 342 x 442 mm.
Provenance
Succession Pablo Picasso, Marina Picasso, with her stamp verso.
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Please note this lot is sold framed.
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