Torse de Femme (L'Egyptienne) (Bloch 746; Baer 906)

Pablo Picasso Torse de Femme (L'Egyptienne) (Bloch 746; Baer 906) aquatint, 1953, on Arches wove paper, a superb, black, richly inked impression of the second, final state, signed in ink, numbered 23/50 (there were approximately 15 signed artist's proofs of this state), printed by Lacourière and published by L. Leiris, Paris, 1954, with margins, some light-and mount staining, some backboard staining and remains of old hinges on the reverse, framed P. 835 x 474 mm., S. 910 x 600 mm.