Subasta Bidspirit | PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Spanish Painter.

PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Spanish Painter. A very good T.L.S., signed twice `Picasso - PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Spanish Painter. A very good T.L.S., signed twice `Picasso´, one page, 4to, Paris, 20th May 1930, to Monsieur Labert Skira, Editor in Lausanne, in French. The typed document being a contract according to which Picasso agrees to `..supply 15 original etchings, in addition to the ones previously requested last April 13th. These etchings will illustrate….´ The contract gives specific information regarding sizes, chapters, etc.. further stating `The title of the Ovid work ''Metamorphoses''. The total price for the fifteen boards one hundred and fifty thousand francs..´ The document further refers to the artist copies that will be given to Picasso and to the additional material that Picasso will forward to the editors. At the base and beneath Picasso´signature, the document bears a hand written additional clause stating that included in the price are five additional original drawings to be shown on the de luxe five copies to edit. Picasso signes a second time beneath this additional clause, approving it. EX £2500-3500 Les Métamorphoses d´Ovide, was the first art work edited by Albert Skira, which contained thirty etchings by Picasso. Printed on the occasion of Picasso´s fiftieth birthday, 25th October 1931, only 145 copies were printed.