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Original lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper bearing the Arches script watermark.
Hand-signed in red crayon lower right Picasso, dated on the plate upper right “17.12.57” (in reverse).
A superb impression of the first state of this important subject (there were three states, each of which was published), from the edition of 50, numbered in pencil at the lower left sheet tip (there were 6 additional artist’s proofs reserved for the artist and printer). Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris; printed at Atelier Fernand Mourlot, Paris.
Catalog: Bloch 846; Mourlot 307; Rau 663; Reusse 730; Picasso Project 307, State 1.
