Degas imaginant, fête champêtre, avec bal musette masqué, from La Série 156

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Degas imaginant, fête champêtre, avec bal musette masqué, from La Série 156 etching, on Rives BFK paper, 1971, with the artist's stamped-signature, annotated 'épreuve avant aciérage' (one of three proofs before the steel-facing of the plate, the edition was 50, plus fifteen artist's proofs), published by galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, 1975, with full margins, in very good condition, framed Image: 14 ½ x 19 ¼ in. (368 x 488 mm.) Sheet: 19 ¾ x 25 5⁄8 in. (502 x 650 mm.)