Lot #26: PABLO PICASSO - Art Graphique du XXeme Siecle - Color letterpress and offset lithograph

 

Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881 - 1973).
Title: "Art Graphique du XXeme Siecle [Palais de l'Europe]".
Medium: Color letterpress and offset lithograph.
Date: Composed 1969.
Dimensions: Overall size: 24 1/4 x 18 in. (616 x 457 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $600
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $800/1,000
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower right. Edition unknown, presumed small. White wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Good condition; some creasing; tape remains, verso; small tear middle right margin, not into image. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Czwiklitzer 292 (1970 ed.); Czwiklitzer 349 (1981 ed.).
Comment(s): Another signed impression sold for €1,030 ($1,279) at Artcurial - Briest, Poulain, F. Tajan, Paris - 6/1/2012 - lot #265. Poster created (and exhibition held) during Picasso's lifetime, with Picasso authorizing its printing. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [26977-5-600-NA]