Le Repas Frugal, from La Suite des Saltimbanques (B. 1; Ba. 2 II b2)

Pablo Picasso Le Repas Frugal, from La Suite des Saltimbanques (B. 1; Ba. 2 II b2) etching with drypoint, 1904, on Van Gelder, a very good impression of the second, final state, printed with good contrasts, from the edition of 250 after steel-facing (there were a further 27 or 29 impression on Japon), published by A. Vollard, Paris, 1913, the full sheet, some mount and light-staining, occasional pale foxmarks in the margins, time staining along the sheet edges, some backboard staining, otherwise in good condition P. 462 x 376 mm., S. 655 x 510 mm.