Lot #1984: PABLO PICASSO - Picasso: 172 Dessins Recents - Original color lithograph

 

Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881 - 1973).
Title: "Picasso: 172 Dessins Recents [Galerie Louise Leiris]".
Medium: Original color lithograph .
Date: Composed 1972.
Dimensions: Overall size: 28 3/8 x 19 in. (721 x 483 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in crayon, lower right; signed and dated in the stone. Edition of 5,250 (of which all were printed?). Light cream wove paper. Full margins. Fine impression. Fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Czwiklitzer 446 (1981 ed.); Rodrigo 241. Comment(s): Apparently a scarce Picasso poster. We could not find an example at auction. Poster created (and exhibition held) during Picasso's lifetime, with Picasso authorizing its printing. Designed by Picasso in collaboration with Henri Deschamps. Printed by Mourlot, Paris, under Picasso's supervision. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [10652-5-400]