Avant la Pique (B. 941; Ba. 1224 IIBb)

Pablo Picasso Avant la Pique (B. 941; Ba. 1224 IIBb) linocut in colours, 1959, on Arches, signed in pencil, inscribed Epreuve d'artiste, one of approximately 15 artist's proofs aside from the edition of fifty, published by Galerie L. Leiris, Paris, 1960, with full margins, pale light-staining, a minor crease at the tip of the upper left sheet corner, pale backboard staining, otherwise in very good condition B. 535 x 665 mm., S. 620 x 750 mm.