191 - Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Young Woman in Bed, Célestine, and a Gentleman, 1968 Original etching on Rives vellum Signed in pencil in the lower right corner; numbered 43/50 in pencil at the bottom left; dated on the reverse of the plate “18.9.68.II” at the top left; annotated “322” in pencil in the lower right corner Dimensions: + Sheet: 28 × 34.5 cm (11.0 × 13.6 in.) + Image: 14.5 × 21 cm (5.7 × 8.3 in.) + Frame: 43 × 53 cm (16.9 × 20.9 in.) Condition: Very good condition. Small tear (3.5 cm) in the upper margin, professionally and skillfully restored, virtually invisible. Margins preserved on all four sides. Mounted as a floating print and framed under glass; natural wood frame. References: Bloch 1802; Baer 1819.Bb1 Plate 322 from Suite 347, the etchings engraved by Picasso in Mougins between March 16 and October 5, 1968. The suite was printed by Aldo and Piero Crommelynck and published by the Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, in an edition of 50 signed and numbered copies. La Célestine, the matchmaker from Fernando de Rojas’s play, is one of the recurring figures in the suite.