Pablo PICASSO : Jeune femme au lit, Célestine et gentilhomme (Young Woman in Bed, Celestina and Gentleman), 1968 (signed)

By PICASSO Pablo (1881-1973)

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)
Jeune femme au lit, Célestine et gentilhomme (Young Woman in Bed, Celestina and Gentleman), 1968

Original etching on Rives wove paper

Signed in pencil lower right; numbered 43/50 in pencil lower left; dated in the plate in reverse “18.9.68.II” upper left; inscribed “322” in pencil lower right corner

Dimensions:
+ Sheet: 28 × 34.5 cm (11.0 × 13.6 in.)
+ Image: 14.5 × 21 cm (5.7 × 8.3 in.)
+ Frame: 43 × 53 cm (16.9 × 20.9 in.)

Condition: Very good condition. Small tear (3.5 cm) in the upper margin, skilfully and professionally restored, almost invisible. Deckle edges preserved on all four sides. Float-mounted and framed under glass in a natural wood frame.

References: Bloch 1802; Baer 1819.Bb1

Plate 322 of the 347 Suite, the etchings Picasso made at Mougins between 16 March and 5 October 1968. The suite was printed by Aldo and Piero Crommelynck and published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, in 50 signed and numbered impressions. Celestina, the go-between of Fernando de Rojas’s play, is one of the recurring figures of the suite.

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Price : 3400,00 € ( 3809.00 USD )