Six Contes Fantastiques (B. 363-368; see C. books 66)

Pablo Picasso Six Contes Fantastiques (B. 363-368; see C. books 66) the set of six drypoints, 1953, on Montval paper, watermark Picasso, each signed and inscribed 1er etat 2/3 in dark blue ink and dated 30 Avril 44 on the plate, one of the rare three suites of the first state (there were also thirty suites of the final state), printing with light platetone and much burr, published by Editions Flammarion, Paris, the full sheets, time staining at the sheet edges, some foxing, otherwise all in good condition, framed P. 347 x 265 mm., S. 395 x 315 mm. (each) (6)