2 Works
The first work: Etching on zinc. A very fine and extremely rare proof on old vellum, later signed by Picasso in pencil. A few light brown spots one under the signature. Crossed out copper. A spot of rust in the left margin. Normal rippling at edges. All margins, top margin with slightly irregular edge (original). Baer lists only proof before strikethrough, printed in brown, in the National Gallery in Prague. Two other proofs appeared in sales from the Petiet collection (December 16, 1997, and December 3, 2009). The copper was crossed out in 1913 by Fort after steeling. No prints were made (perhaps because the plate was considered unsatisfactory). However, “a few proofs on vellum were printed, between 1946 and 1955, at the request of Petiet, then owner of the zinc. One signed and belonging to Petiet, was exhibited at the Bibliothèque Nationale (Paris) in 1955; another, signed in 1966, was part of the Georges Bloch collection.”
Plate 235 × 177mm
Sheet 298 × 4455mm
Provenance:
George Bloch Collection
Baer 16
(B. Geiser, revised by B. Baer, Picasso peintre-graveur, catalog raisonne de I ’oeuvre et lithographie et des monotypes 1899-1931, tome I, Bern, ed. Kornfeld, 1990, p.42)
Second work: Etching on zinc, signed by Picasso in graphite, annotated by H.M. Petiet in graphite in the lower left corner. Crossed our copper. Small stickers on the back, small broken fold in the lower right corner.
Plate 235 × 177cm
Sheet 300 × 385mm
Provenance:
H.M Petiet (Collection)
2 Works
The first work: Etching on zinc. A very fine and extremely rare proof on old vellum, later signed by Picasso in pencil. A few light brown spots one under the signature. Crossed out copper. A spot of rust in the left margin. Normal rippling at edges. All margins, top margin with slightly irregular edge (original). Baer lists only proof before strikethrough, printed in brown, in the National Gallery in Prague. Two other proofs appeared in sales from the Petiet collection (December 16, 1997, and December 3, 2009). The copper was crossed out in 1913 by Fort after steeling. No prints were made (perhaps because the plate was considered unsatisfactory). However, “a few proofs on vellum were printed, between 1946 and 1955, at the request of Petiet, then owner of the zinc. One signed and belonging to Petiet, was exhibited at the Bibliothèque Nationale (Paris) in 1955; another, signed in 1966, was part of the Georges Bloch collection.”
Plate 235 × 177mm
Sheet 298 × 4455mm
Provenance:
George Bloch Collection
Baer 16
(B. Geiser, revised by B. Baer, Picasso peintre-graveur, catalog raisonne de I ’oeuvre et lithographie et des monotypes 1899-1931, tome I, Bern, ed. Kornfeld, 1990, p.42)
Second work: Etching on zinc, signed by Picasso in graphite, annotated by H.M. Petiet in graphite in the lower left corner. Crossed our copper. Small stickers on the back, small broken fold in the lower right corner.
Plate 235 × 177cm
Sheet 300 × 385mm
Provenance:
H.M Petiet (Collection)
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