Lot #1265: PABLO PICASSO - Picasso: Pintura - Dibujo - Original color lithograph

 

Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881 - 1973).
Title: "Picasso: Pintura - Dibujo [Sala Gaspar]".
Medium: Original color lithograph .
Date: Composed 1971.
Dimensions: Overall size: 39 1/2 x 20 3/8 in. (1003 x 518 mm). Image size: 38 x 18 1/2 in. (965 x 470 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in purple crayon, lower right. Edition unknown, probably small. Light cream wove paper. The full sheet. Very fine impression. Very good condition; a few soft creases in the image (probably easily pressed out), else fine. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Czwiklitzer 422 (1981 ed.); Rodrigo 228. Comment(s): Apparently scarce. We could not find an example of this large poster at auction. Generally catalogued as an offset lithograph; our example appears to be a "stone" lithograph. Poster created (and exhibition held) during Picasso's lifetime, with Picasso authorizing its printing. Printed by Publicaciones Reunidas, Barcelona. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [27396-6-600]