Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint on Wove Paper
47.5 x 59.8 cm. / 18.7 x 23.5 in.
Image size: 34.6 x 39.3 cm. / 13.6 x 15.5 in.
This etching is hand signed in red ink by the artist "Picasso" at the lower left margin.
It is also hand numbered in red ink from the edition of 150, above the signature.
It was published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris in an edition of 150 signed and numbered impressions in the 1927.
Note: Other impressions of this subject can be found in the collections of The McNay, San Antonio, Texas; The Portland Art Museum, Oregon; The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York and the Brooklyn Museum, New York.
Provenance: Henri Marie Petiet (1894-1980).
Georges Bloch (1901-1984).
Literature:
1. Bloch, G. (1968), Pablo Picasso: Tome II, Catalogue of the Printed Graphic Work 1904-67, Bern: Editions Kornfeld et Klipstein.
Reference: Bloch 80.
2. Baer, B. (1990). Picasso: Peintre-Graveur, Tome I, Catalogue Raisonne de l'OEuvre Grave. Bern: Editions Kornfeld.
Reference: Baer 121b.
Condition: Very good condition. A very pale band of mount staining in the margins.