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LA CELESTINE, PABLO PICASSO
VERY SMALL, FINE ART SERIGRAPH, etching by Pablo Picasso titled Vieux beau saluant très bas une pupille de la Célestine (Old gallant bowing very low to a pupil of Celestina).

The work is from Picasso's 347 Series, created in 1968.
It is a sugarlift aquatint etching on Richard-de-Bas laid paper.
The etching is part of a portfolio called La Célestine, which was inspired by the 15th-century Spanish tragicomedy of the same name.
The 347 Series is considered one of Picasso's most important and sought-after late suites of prints.
LA CELESTINE, PABLO PICASSO
LA CELESTINE, PABLO PICASSO
LA CELESTINE, PABLO PICASSO

Procedures

DE-HINGE, REMOVE TAPE FROM VERSO AND RINSE, mat board was removed from art and saved.

Conclusion

ART WAS WASHED WITH ORVUS, WATER AND SODIUM HYPO-CHLORIDE, RINSED WITH CALCIUM BICARBONATE AND RE-SIZED WITH GELATIN