Category
Print-MultipleMedium
AquatintType of Artwork
Multiple (rare trial proof)Signature
Hand signedSize of the artwork
11.75 x 9.38 in(29.85 x 23.81 cm)
Condition
excellentCatalogue raisonné reference
Bloch 318; Baer 649 II B aArtwork description
Pablo PICASSO
(1881-1973)
Femme au Fauteuil II: Dora Maar(1939)
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Sugar-lift aquatint, scraper, burin, and drypoint; printed by Jacques Frelaut on ivory Montval laid with Picasso watermark; pencil annotated "Paris la 28 Avril 1942" below signature and "pour Frelaut" above signature in lower right. While the plate was created in 1939, this is a rare, signed trial proof from outside of the noted impressions from 1942 (Baer notes 54 unsigned proofs from this year); this image wasn't published until 1961 in an edition of 65.
A note on condition: this extremely rare trial proof impression is nearly flawless, with a tiny rust spot on the verso, not showing through.