Pablo Picasso, (Spanish, 1881-1973)

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
Homme en babouches menaçant d'un poignard une femme nue devant deux spectateurs âgés, from El Entierro del Conde Orgaz (Bloch 1466; Baer 1377)
Etching, 1966, printed on a double sheet of Romani wove paper, watermark Conde Orgaz, signed and dated in pencil, one of only a few signed proofs aside from the unsigned book edition of 263 (there was also a suite of twelve signed impressions on japon nacré), published by Editorial Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, the full sheet with upper and lower deckle edges, in very good condition

Plate 219 x 320mm. (8 5/8 x 12 5/8in.); Sheet 362 x 456mm. (14 1/4 x 18in.)