Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
La Lione; Le Vautour from Histoire Naturelle (Eaux-fortes originales pour des textes de buffon), 1936
two etchings with sugarlift aquatint and drypoint, on imperial Japan paper
36.2 x 27.2cm ; 36 x 27cm.(2)
These works are from the edition of 30 on this paper (the total book edition was 226), printed by Lacourière, published by Fabiani, Paris, 1942
Footnotes:
Provenance
Private Collection, Washington DC.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature
Georges Bloch, Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié, Volume I, 1904-1967, Berne, 1968 (Bl.338; Bl.341).
Geiser & Baer, Picasso Peintre-graveur, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé, Volume III, 1935-1945, Berne, 1986 (B.585.B; B.588.A)
Patrick Cramer, Pablo Picasso: The Illustrated Books Catalogue Raisonné, Geneva, 1983 (CR.37)
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The full sheets with binding holes along the extreme left sheet edges (as issued), these works are unframed.