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

418A c PABLO PICASSO L’Étreinte . Etching and drypoint, 1963. 430x580 mm; 17x22 7 / 8 inches, full margins. Signed and numbered 5/50 in pencil, lower margin. A superb, well-inked impression of this large, scarce etching. Bloch 1110; Baer 1103. [7,000/10,000] 419 c PABLO PICASSO L’Étreinte I . Linoleum cut printed in cream white and then washed in black India ink and rinsed so that the lines become black, 1963. 620x750 mm; 24 1 / 2 x29 1 / 2 inches (sheet), full margins. Signed and numbered 29/50 in pencil, lower margin. Printed by Arnéra, Vallauris. Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris. A superb impression of this scarce print. Bloch 1151; Baer 1343. [15,000/20,000] 418A 419