Le repas frugal

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Le repas frugal signed in pencil and signed, dated and dedicated in black ink: 'A mi amigo Casanovas Picasso Paris Diciembre 1904' (lower right) Etching and scraper, on laid Arches paper, a very fine, early impression, one of the few printed in 1904/5 before steel-facing and one of only two recorded with this date (other surviving impressions being dated 1905 or undated). Image: 18¼ in. x 14 7/8 in. (46.3 x 37.7 cm.) Sheet: 21 5/8 x 16 5/8 in. (54.9 x 42.2 cm.) Etched and printed in 1904