Maison Close: Le Chocolat II 1955

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973, Spanish)

Maison Close: Le Chocolat II 1955

aquatint, etching, engraving and drypoint
45.0 x 64.5 cm (image); 56.5 x 76.0 cm (sheet)
dated within image upper right: 11.3.55.I
edition of 7; state: 2/3
bears inscription verso: 118/ 1135/ 11.3.1955/ DUG/ 14119/ 23631/ G/ 23631

printed by Roger Lacourire, Paris

Provenance:
The Estate of Pablo Picasso
Marina Picasso, France (stamped verso)
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney (label attached verso)
Private collection, New South Wales

Exhibited:
Picasso the Printmaker: Graphics from the Marina Picasso Collection, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 11 September - 30 October 1983 and touring to New York, Denver and Detroit, cat.128 (illus. exhibition catalogue, another example)
Important Works on Paper, Ceramics and Sculpture, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, 2002, cat.45 (illus. exhibition catalogue, this example)

Reference:
Baer, no.0922.II
Geiser, no.0922.II

Estimate: $7000 - 9000

Result Hammer: $5500

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