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Lot 25

PABLO PICASSO "Le Sauvetage de la Noyee" (1932 Etching)

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Pablo Picasso
(Spanish, 1881-1973)
Le Sauvetage de la Noyee I, 1932
Etching on paper
6" x 7 1/2" (plate)

Picasso's estate-stamped signature in the bottom right margin, numbered in pencil to the bottom left margin (#34/ 50). This impression belongs to the posthumous edition of 50 published by Galerie Louise Leiris (Paris) in 1981. Presented behind glass in a frame that measures 29" x 29".

Condition

Framed with full margins visible. Some folding to the sheet in the margins, including a horizontal crease in the top margin about a half inch above the plate impression. A little bit of mat burn is visible toward the edges of the mat window.