Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) At the circus. Winter 1905-1906. Drypoint. 137 x 218 [205 x 305]. Bloch 9; Baer 11 a 2. Beautiful proof on ivory laid paper, before steeling, before the strengthening of the bevels, the drypoint barbs very visible, exceptionally signed in pencil (old signature). Light trace of marginal oxidation and some small white spots in the upper part of the subject. Some light foxing. Nice margins. According to B. According to B. Baer, only about a dozen prints were made before the plate was steamed, by Delâtre, and most of them were signed. The printing was then done by Fort for Ambroise Vollard in 1913 (27 or 29 proofs on old japon, 250 on vellum).