Live Auction 7958Modern & Contemporary Prints
Pablo Picasso
Lot 83 FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION

Pablo Picasso

Tete de Jeune Fille (cf. B. 423; cf. Mourlot 68)

Closed29 March 2011

Price Realised

GBP 79,250

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Pablo Picasso
Tete de Jeune Fille (cf. B. 423; cf. Mourlot 68)
eight lithographs, 1947, on Arches wove paper, all rare, unsigned proofs in different states, before the signed and numbered edition of fifty, including all four states recorded by Mourlot and four unrecorded intermediate states, the full sheets, with deckle edges above and below, some with minor mount staining, generally in very good condition, framed
P. 500 x 400 mm., S. 650 x 500 mm. (and similar) (8)

Atelier Mourlot, Paris.
Christie's, New York, 28 April 2003, Picasso Lithographs: Themes and Variations, lot 59, estimate $50,000 - 70,000 (sold $130,000).

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The group comprises the following impressions:

First state: an artist's proof, numbered 6/6 in pencil verso.

Second state: an artist's proof, initialled and numbered 6/6 by the printer Fernand Mourlot in pencil verso.

Second state (2 bis): a lighter inked intermediate proof.

Second state (2 bis): a darker inked intermediate proof.

Third state: an artist's proof, initialled and numbered 6/6 by the printer Fernand Mourlot in pencil verso.

Third state (3 bis): an intermediate proof.

Third-Fourth state: an intermediate proof.

Fourth, final state: an artist's proof, initialled and numbered 6/6 by the printer Fernand Mourlot in pencil verso, aside from the signed and numbered edition of fifty.