Pablo PICASSO (1881 - 1973) [FRANCE/ESPAGNE] - Lot 4

Pablo PICASSO (1881 - 1973) [FRANCE/ESPAGNE] Face, 1928 Lithograph on Japon paper, signed. Plate for the book "Picasso" by André Level Paris. 1928, an offprint with wide margins, unjustified. Some traces of folding. Subject size: 20.4 x 14.2cm. Sheet size: 51.5 x 33cm. Bibliography: Mourlot XXIII, Bloch 95, Cramer n°16. This beautiful lithograph depicts the face of Marie Thérèse Walter, whom Picasso had met in January 1927. André Level was an enthusiastic collector who met Picasso in 1908, befriended the artist and published the book in question in 1928, one of the first monographs on Picasso, which gives a wealth of biographical details. Provenance: -Given by Picasso to the collector Max Pellequer, who was his banker. -Given by Max Pellequer to his doctor Dr. Maurice. -Dr Maurice's collection. -In the latter's descendants. This print is presented jointly by Chanoit and Sylvie Collignon.