2382064

1952 PICASSO Colombe Volant Artist's Proof #2382064

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1952 PICASSO Colombe Volant Artist's Proof #2382064
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This is a color lithograph artist's proof of Colombe Volant à l'Arc-en-Ciel ( Flying Dove with a Rainbow ) by Pablo Picasso. Bloch 712. Signed in the stone " Picasso 10.10.52 " and signed in pencil " Picasso " and " E.A. " (for " epreuve d'artist "). " ARCHES " watermark along bottom edge. Purchased in its current glass-covered and matted frame in the 1970s from a dealer in Paris France. Frame measures 29.25" x 39.25". Condition is very good. (Please excuse the reflections off the frame's glass.) We have not examined the print outside of its frame.



Additional images forwarded upon request.<BR>


This lithograph (and two Picasso aquatints) are being sold here on behalf of a collector on the Upper West Side in Manhattan (New York, NY) who purchased the piece in Paris in the early 1970s.



The most recent auction sale of a numbered and signed lithograph of Colombe Volant (Bloch 712) from the original limited edition of 38 took place at Sotheby's London on 9/27/05, when lot 271 sold for 8,400 British Pounds ($14,877 U.S. Dollars) including buyer's premium. No other artist's proofs of this work have appeared at major auction based on a review of all major auction databases, including Artnet, Gordon's, ArtAuctionResults, ArtPrice, and ArtSalesIndex (Hislop's).



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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1952</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:1952 PICASSO Colombe Volant Artist's Proof</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:New York, NY</td></tr>
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