L'Abreuvoir (Chevaux au Bain), from: La Suite des Saltimbanques

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) L'Abreuvoir (Chevaux au Bain), from: La Suite des Saltimbanques drypoint, 1906, on partially watermarked Van Gelder paper, an unsigned impression from the edition of 250 after steel facing (there were also 27 or 29 on Japan paper), published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1913, the full sheet, time-staining around the image, pale fox marks in the left and lower margins, otherwise in good condition Plate: 120 x 186 mm., Sheet: 322 x 436 mm.