Lot #1263: PABLO PICASSO - Picasso: 200 Opere dal 1920 al 1953 - Color offset lithograph

     

Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881 - 1973).
Title: "Picasso: 200 Opere dal 1920 al 1953 [Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna]".
Medium: Color offset lithograph.
Date: Composed 1953.
Dimensions: Overall size: 39 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (1003 x 698 mm). Image size: 28 x 17 5/8 in. (711 x 448 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, center right. Edition unknown, presumed very small. Thin cream wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. In remarkably good condition given the fragility of the paper, the size, and its age. Some soft folds, a few hard creases; surprisingly no tears, holes, foxing. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Rodrigo 21; Czwiklitzer 69 (1970 ed.); Czwiklitzer 80 (1981 ed.). Comment(s): Czwiklitzer states that the poster is "very rare." Rodrigo indicates that it is "very difficult to find." No auction records in the past 25 years located. Pictured on the cover of one of the standard Picasso poster books ("The Posters of Picasso" by Joseph K. Foster - please see attached image). Poster created (and exhibition held) during Picasso's lifetime, with Picasso authorizing its printing. Printed by S.A.G.R.A., De Luca, Centro Grafico, Rome. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [26960-6-3000]