Lot 1

Circular mark (approximately 0.5cm diameter) to upper left quadrant - possible restoration, some light creases to raw edge along the lower edge, some scratches to plexiglass (unexamined out of frame).
Professional conservation treatment circa 2005 to "wash" and remount in its original frame with a new acid-free mount and Plexiglas.
(71.5 x 87cm framed)


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John O'Donnel Collection, New York, 1997
Thilo von Watzdorf, Thailand, 2005
Private Collection, Sydney

Bloch, G, Catalogue de l'Oeuvre gravee lithographie, no. 452, p. 124
Sabartes, B, Picasso, 1957, p. 477, no. 203
Gauss, U, Pablo Picasso Lithographs, Hatje Cantz, 2000, no. 233/101, p. 94
Guse, E & Rau, B, Picasso- Die Lithographien, no. 212, p. 228
Mourlot, F, Picasso Lithographs, no. 101, p. 75
Rodriguez-Aguelvia, C, Picassos in Barcelona, 1988, no. 509, p. 168
Valentin, Picasso Lithographs, 1945-1948, no. 50

The two women illustrated are thought to be Picasso's two mistresses at the time; Francoise Gilot and Dora Maar.

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