Tête de jeune garçon. 1945.
Lithograph.
Bloch 378. Mourlot 8.3 (of 3). Numbered and dated "9 / 7.11.45" in the stone. From an edition of 18 artist proofs from this state. On wove paper by Arches (with the watermark). 31 x 23.8 cm (12.2 x 9.3 in). Sheet: 44,1 x 32,5 cm (17,3 x 12,7 in).
[KT].
• Artist proof from the estate and the collection of Marina Picasso.
• Other prints are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Tate Gallery, London, and the Detroit Institute of Arts.
• One of the earliest prints made at the Atelier Fernand Mourlot.

PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate.
Collection Marina Picasso (with the collector's stamp on the reverse, Lugt 3698).
Jan Krugier Gallery, New York.
Private collection Northern Germany (acquired from the above in 1992).

In good condition. With a single unobtrusive handling mark in bottom margin left of the center. With tiny isolated, unobtrusive brownish stains in bottom margin.