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PABLO PICASSO Signed Original Etching 1965

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PABLO PICASSO Signed Original Etching 1965
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PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973
Málaga 1881-1973 Mougins (Spanish)

Title: Two Women III / Deux Femmes, 1965

Technique: Hand Signed Original Etching on Richard de Bas paper

Paper Size: 33 x 45 cm / 13 x 17.7 in

Image Size: 23.2 x 33 cm / 9.1 x 13 in

Additional Information: This original etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Picasso" in the lower right margin and hand numbered in pencil "27/50" at the lower left margins.
It is also dated in the plate "2.3.65"
The work was printed in 1965 in Mougins in a limited edition of 50 hand signed and numbered impressions. There were a further 15 artist proofs.
It was published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris and printed by the Atelier Crommelynck.
This work is closely related to Picasso famous painting "Les Deux Amies" from January of the same year which is now in the collection of the Kunstmuseum in Bern.

Literature:
1. 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 Cie, 1984.
Reference: Bloch 1202 (Baer 1186.B.b.1)

Condition: Very good condition. The upper left corner slightly wavy.