Le Taureau (le boeuf)
Aquatint with drypoint and engraving, 1936
Unsigned
Original print commissioned for a special limited edition of Comte de Buffon's natural history.
Total book edition: 263, plus a separate edition of 47, plus proofs
One of nine first state proofs printed by master printer Roger Lacouriere
Plate size: 15 5/8 x 19 1/2 inches
Sheet size: 17 1/4 x 12 7/8 inches
Inventory number verso: 22725 (recorded in the Picasso Archives, Paris)
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Marina Picasso Collection, her oval stamp verso (see photo)
Jan Krugier Gallery, New York (her agent)
