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PABLO PICASSO
Tête d’Homme à la Pipe
.
Etching printed in black on cream laid paper, 1912. 130x110 mm; 5
1
/
8
x4
3
/
8
inches, wide
margins. Edition of 100. Signed in pencil, lower right.A superb, richly-inked impression of
this early and important Cubist etching, with crisp, inky plate edges and warm plate tone.
Ex-collection Sarah M. Soffel, Pittsburgh, the first female judicial official in the state of
Pennsylvania (sworn into office August 27, 1930); purchased by Ms. Soffel from J. J. Gillespie
Company, Fine Art Galleries, Pittsburgh, with the original label. Bloch 23; Geiser 32.
[15,000/20,000]
