Lot 372 D

Pablo Picasso

Femme nue de dos
1956

Etching on chamois coloured silk 37.7 x 17.8 cm (57 x 42.5 cm) Framed under glass. Signed and numbered with black pen. One of 4 numbered separate copies on this textile material aside from the 25 proofs on Japan, numbered from 1/25 to 25/25. Proof 2/4. - Published in Jean Cocteau, Témoignage, Paris 1956/1957, Pierre Bertrand Éditeur, as frontispiece resp. as signed supplement in an edition of 125 proofs. - Printed by Ateliers Moret. - The impression from the copper plate slightly distorted due to material. - The silk not seamed, the left margin slightly irregularly cut and folded.