Sale 2460 - Old Master Through Modern Prints, November 2, 2017

414 c PABLO PICASSO Jeune Femme surprenant le reflet d’une hirondelle dans son miroir . Etching and soft-ground etching printed in black on Montval cream laid paper, 1936. 345x246 mm; 13 5 / 8 x9 3 / 4 inches, full margins. First state (of 2), before the date lower right and before steel-facing of the plate. One of only 3 proofs cited by Baer in the first state. Inscribed by the printer, Lacourière, “Personelle—essai—vernis mou—noir Lorilleux” in pencil, lower right. Printed by Lacourière, Paris. A superb impression of this extremely scarce, early print. Bloch 290; Baer 610. [25,000/35,000]