Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Le Sauterelle; La Langouste, from Histoire Naturelle (Eaux-fortes originales pour des textes de buffon), 1936
two drypoints with sugarlift aquatint, on imperial Japan paper
36.5 x 27.7cm (14 3/8 x 10 7/8in). (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.358; Bl.352).
Geiser & Baer, Picasso Peintre-graveur, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé, Volume III, 1935-1945, Berne, 1986 (B.605.IV.B.b; B.599.III.B)
Patrick Cramer, Pablo Picasso: The Illustrated Books Catalogue Raisonné, Geneva, 1983 (CR.37)
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Plate size: 26.8 x 35.8cm.

The full sheets with binding holes along the left sheet edges (as issued). Both these works are unframed. In very good condition.