Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Lot 248

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Head of a woman, in profile. (Pl. des Saltimbanques). February 1905. Drypoint. 248 x 290 [365 x 478]. Bloch 6; Baer 7 b 1. A very fine and fresh proof with ground tint on old japan laid paper, from the edition of 27 or 29 proofs made by Fort for Vollard in 1913, in addition to the 250 proofs on vellum. Small traces of wiping in the form of oblique lines. Tiny crease along the lower edge of the left-hand leaf. Small bluish foreign body on the surface at the left edge of the center leaf. A small remnant of a tab at the head of the verso at left and a small surface epidermis at right (at the location of the other tab, formerly torn off). All margins. Provenance: Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939) then H. M. Petiet (1894-1980).