Pablo Picasso. 1881-1973.
Repos du Sculpteur devant Petit Torse. (Reclining sculptor before the small torso). 1933. Etching. Bloch 162, Baer 315 Bd. 7 9/16 x 10 1/2 (sheet 13 3/8 x 17 3/8). Series: Suite Vollard, plate 58. Edition of 250 on petit papier vergé Montval (there was also an edition of 50 on grand papier vergé Montval that same year, and 3 on parchment). Printed by: Lacourière, Paris. A rich with drypoint burr, impression printed on Montval laid paper countermarked 'Picasso' on the full sheet with deckle edges. Price upon request.
The image shows Picasso and his reclining model at a window viewing a sculpted small torso. Between 1933 and 1934 he focused on creating plaster sculptures of his young mistress, Marie-Thérèse Walter.