Femme Torero (Bloch 1329; Baer 425C)

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Femme Torero (Bloch 1329; Baer 425C) etching, 1934, on Montval laid paper, a fine impression printed with tone, signed in pencil, one of only three recorded signed impressions from the otherwise unsigned edition of fifty printed by Lacourière in 1939 (there were also four signed impression printed on vellum), the full sheet, with deckle edges on all four sides, the sheet slightly toned, some pale staining and foxing in the margins, otherwise in good condition P. 497 x 697 mm., S. 565 x 770 mm.