Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Lot 265

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Sleeping or dead nude woman (Danaé?). January 17, 1934. Etching. 207x138 [295x207]. Bloch 273; Baer 403 b a. Very fine trial proof on old thin ivory laid paper, from the 1960 print run by Frélaut, annotated in pencil "Bon à tirer", signed, then dated "le 30.10.60", prior to the print run of 50 proofs for the L. Leiris gallery. Leiris gallery. Old median vertical and horizontal folds perceptible on verso (invisible on recto). Fine band of oxidation at the edges of the sheet, mainly on the left. Small brown ink stain at foot of verso. Full margins. (This print cited by Baer, provenance: Lecomte-Loudmer sale, Paris, February 26, 1976, with annotation by M. Lecomte in pencil lower right).