Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) Minotaur Caressing a Woman or Self-Portrait in Three Forms: Crowned Painter, Bust Sculptor and Minotaur in Love. Plate 84 from the Vollard suite, May 18, 1933 Etching on Montval laid paper with Picasso watermark. Proof of the edition of 260 copies, signed. Slightly yellowed when the passe-partout was opened, traces of adhesive and glue on the edges of the recto and verso, small thinning, a few stains. Framed. (Bloch 191; Geiser et Baer 350 Bd) 29.8 x 36.8 cm. Leaflet 34 x 44 cm Provenance: Former Galerie Barès, Paris. Expert: Sylvie Collignon Memo: The Vollard Suite was born of an arrangement between Picasso and his first art dealer, Ambroise Vollard, who commissioned it.

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