Buste au Fond étoilé (M. 163; B. 594)

Pablo Picasso Buste au Fond étoilé (M. 163; B. 594) lithograph, 1949, on Arches, signed in red crayon, numbered 33/50 (Mourlot calls for at least eight artist's proofs), the full sheet, deckle edges above and below, severe light-staining, retouching in black ink along the edges of the subject, possibly over surface abrasions caused by the removal of tape, some backboard staining verso L. 640 x 495 mm., S. 650 x 498 mm.