Original soft-ground etching printed in colors on Auvergne laid paper bearing the “Richard de Bas” and “Auvergne a la Main” watermarks.
Hand-signed in pencil in the margin lower right Picasso, dated in the plate “22.8.64 / I” (in reverse) upper left.
A superb impression of Baer’s only state, printed after the steelfacing of the plate, from the edition of 50, numbered in pencil in the margin lower left (there were 15 additional artist’s proofs, for an overall edition of 65, the plate was cancelled in 1967). Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, 1965; printed by Pennequin at Atelier Crommelynck, Paris.
Catalog: Bloch 1167; Baer 1167.B.b.1.
16 ¼ x 12 3/8 inches / Sheet Size: 22 1/8 x 16 inches
In excellent condition, with strong, fresh colors, printed on a sheet with full margins.
- Materials
- Etching
- Size
- 16 1/4 × 12 19/50 in | 41.3 × 31.4 cm
- Rarity
- Medium
- Signature
- Hand-signed by artist
- Certificate of authenticity
- Included (issued by gallery)
- Frame
- Included
Smoker with Red Cigarette, 1964
Original soft-ground etching printed in colors on Auvergne laid paper bearing the “Richard de Bas” and “Auvergne a la Main” watermarks.
Hand-signed in pencil in the margin lower right Picasso, dated in the plate “22.8.64 / I” (in reverse) upper left.
A superb impression of Baer’s only state, printed after the steelfacing of the plate, from the edition of 50, numbered in pencil in the margin lower left (there were 15 additional artist’s proofs, for an overall edition of 65, the plate was cancelled in 1967). Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, 1965; printed by Pennequin at Atelier Crommelynck, Paris.
Catalog: Bloch 1167; Baer 1167.B.b.1.
16 ¼ x 12 3/8 inches / Sheet Size: 22 1/8 x 16 inches
In excellent condition, with strong, fresh colors, printed on a sheet with full margins.
- Materials
- Etching
- Size
- 16 1/4 × 12 19/50 in | 41.3 × 31.4 cm
- Rarity
- Medium
- Signature
- Hand-signed by artist
- Certificate of authenticity
- Included (issued by gallery)
- Frame
- Included
