Pablo Picasso_Halte de comédiens ambulants, avec hibou, et bouffon enlaçant une femme, Pl.232 from 'Séries 347' etching and drypoint, 1968, on BFK Rives, signed in pencil, numbered 43/50 (there were also 17 E.A.), published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, printed by Crommelynck, Paris, framed, mat staining, minute foxing, with backboard staining and tape remains on the reverse, Image: 31.6×31.5cm Sheet: 49.5×45.4cm, Literature: Bloch 1713/ Baer 1729 II Bb1

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