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Original sugar-lift aquatint, scraper, drypoint, burin and direct acid biting printed in black ink on Auvergne wove paper
Dated in the plate lower right 24.3.61 (in reverse).
A superb proof impression of Baer’s seventh state of eighteen, printed after the appearance of the zigzag cut to the background upper left under the crown. One of only 4 such proofs on this paper (with an additional 3 on Japon paper). Printed by Jacques Frélaut at Atelier Lacourière, Paris (bearing his annotation “VIIe etat” in pencil on the verso). Catalog: Baer 1089.VII/XVIII; not in Bloch
Image size: 15 5/8 x 11 5/8 inches / Sheet Size: 20 1/8 x 16 inches
In excellent condition, printed on a sheet with full margins.
Provenance: collection of Marina Picasso
