Lot #3: PABLO PICASSO - 347 Gravures de Picasso - Original letterpress and offset lithograph

 

Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881 - 1973).
Title: "347 Gravures de Picasso [Sala Gaspar]".
Medium: Original letterpress and offset lithograph.
Date: Composed 1970.
Dimensions: Overall size: 27 5/8 x 19 7/8 in. (702 x 505 mm). Image size: 26 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. (673 x 391 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $400
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $600/800
Lot Note(s): Signed in green crayon, lower right. Edition of 500. Light cream wove paper. The full sheet. Very fine impression. Fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Czwiklitzer 382 (1981 ed.); Rodrigo 208.
Comment(s): Apparently scarce. We could not find an example of this poster at auction. Poster created (and exhibition held) during Picasso's lifetime, with Picasso authorizing its printing. Printed by Graficas Universidad, Barcelona. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [27397-5-400-NA]