Sale 6063
London
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9 December 1998
Price realised
GBP 5,520
Estimate
Pablo Picasso Sueno y Mentira de Franco (Bl. 297-8; Baer 615-616; C. & G. 28) etchings with aquatint, 1937, on Montval laid paper, text sheet in Spanish and French, justification, and the set of eighteen individually cut and mounted prints, two of the prints with the stamped signature and two numbered 211/850, with the stamped signature on the justification and numbered 211 from the edition of 850 (there was also a signed edition of 150 on chine collé on Japan), generally in very good, fresh condition, loose in paper and faux vellum boards and slipcase, some scuffing, generally in good condition (album) 24 overall S. 300 x 399mm.
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Baer notes that a part of the edition of 850 of the two large Sueno y Mentira de Franco plates were cut and issued in this form in 1939. This issue is rare.
Saleroom Notice
The upper left corner of the plate has been re-attached. This and other plates have some pale glue-staining at the extreme upper sheet edge.
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