Sale 2532 - 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings, March 5, 2020

297 c PABLO PICASSO Deux Buveurs Catalans . Etching, 1934. 234x295 mm; 9 1 / 4 x11 5 / 8 inches, full margins. Edition of 260. Signed in pencil, lower right. Picasso watermark. Printed by Lacourière, Paris. Published by Vollard, Paris. A superb, richly-inked impression with very strong contrasts. In this iconic etching from the Suite Vollard , Picasso contrasts two Catalan fishermen, one young and näive and etched only in outline, the other old and gnarled and expressed through the build up of closely knit lines, in discussion over drinks at a local tavern. Bloch 228; Gesier 442. [12,000/18,000] 298 c PABLO PICASSO Sculpteur et Modèle debout. Etching, 1933. 367x295 mm; 14 1 / 2 x11 5 / 8 inches, full margins. Edition of 260. Signed in pencil, lower right. Picasso watermark. Printed by Lacourière, Paris. Published by Vollard, Paris. A superb, dark and evenly- printed impression. Bloch 177; Geiser 330. [10,000/15,000] 297 298