Les Saltimbanques, from: La Suite des Saltimbanques (Bloch 7; Baer 9)

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Les Saltimbanques, from: La Suite des Saltimbanques (Bloch 7; Baer 9) drypoint, 1905, on Van Gelder paper, from the edition of 250 (there were also 27 or 29 impressions on Japan paper), published by A. Vollard, Paris, time and mount staining, a 77 mm. area of skinning in the upper margin recto, severe foxing across the sheet and image, with other minor surface defects, framed P. 292 x 332 mm., S. 465 x 539 mm.