Sale 6655
London
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3 December 2002
Price realised
GBP 4,780
Estimate
Pablo Picasso Jeune Femme au Chapeau péchant par Pensée en louchant sur un Prélat, from Series 347 (B. 1551; Ba. 1567 Bb1) etching, 1968, on wove paper, signed in pencil, numbered 33/50 (there were also seventeen artist's proofs), published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, 1969, with full margins, some pale mount-staining, otherwise generally in very good condition P. 313 x 416mm., S. 455 x 564mm.
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