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PABLO PICASSO
Mlaga 1881- 1973 Mougins (Spanish)
Head on Black Background - 1953
Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph
Title : Head on Black Background.
Technique : Original Lithograph; Negative print of an etched plate, printed on the lithopress, transferred to zinc, on Vellum Arches paper.
Paper size : 69,5 x 54,5 cm cm / 27.4 X 21.5 inch.
Additional Information : This Original Lithograph is Hand Signed in White Crayon by Picasso at the lower right margin,
as well as Hand Numbered in pencil "24/50" at the lower left margin.
The work was printed in a limited edition of 50 signed and numbered impressions, as well as 6 artist proofs in 1953.
The work is also dated "Paris, 9. May 53" (1953) in the plate in the upper right corner.
Provenance: Private Collection, Switzerland.
Literature:
Pablo Picasso: Tome I, Catalogue de l'oeuvre Grave et Lithographie 1904 - 1967 (Catalogue of the Printed Graphic Work, 1904 - 1967), by Georges Bloch, edition Kornfeld et Klipstein, Berne 1975.
Reference: Bloch 742.
Condition : Very Good condition. Slight handling creases in the margins. Slight discoloration of the paper.
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