This lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist „Picasso“ at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil, from the edition of 50 at the lower left margin.
It is dated in the plate „Dimanche 30 Mars 1947“ [Sunday 30th March 1947].
It was created by Picasso on the 30th March 1947 by applying pen and ink wash to zinc plate and using a scraper. It was printed by Mourlot in the same year in a limited edition of 50 impressions. There were also six artist’s proofs.
This impression is the second state of ten. Only the second and fourth states were published as editions of 50. The work progressively becomes darker and more abstracted through the creative process. The paper bears the Arches watermark.

Bibliographie · Literature:
Catalogue Raisonnée Bloch 440
Catalogue Raisonnée Mourlot 109
PABLO PICASSO. Ausgewählte Graphik und Arbeiten auf Papier · Selected graphic and works on paper, Ausstellungskatalog · Exhibition catalogue, DIE GALERIE, Frankfurt am Main 2020, S./p. 59