(After) Pablo Picasso, Nature morte au crâne, circa 1960

(After) Pablo Picasso, Nature morte au crâne, circa 1960. photo Philips de Pury & Co

Aquatint in colors, on Arches paper, with full margins (deckle on all sides), I. 16 3/4 x 24 1/2 in. (42.5 x 62.2 cm); S. 22 3/8 x 30 in. (56.8 x 76.2 cm)  signed and numbered 32/150 in pencil, with the Atelier Lacourière, Paris blindstamp, very minor soiling and occasional soft creasing in the margins, a foxmark at upper right margin, otherwise in very good condition, unframed.

ESTIMATE $15,000-20,000

LITERATURE  see Christian Zervos 31, vol. XV, p. 15, Nature Morte, Crâne et Oursins, 1947, oil on canvas

Philips de Pury & Co. Editions. 21 November 2010. New York www.phillipsdepury.com