Lot #131: PABLO PICASSO - Cote d'Azur - Original color lithograph

     

Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881 - 1973).
Title: "Cote d'Azur [Ministere des Travaux Publics]".
Medium: Original color lithograph .
Date: Composed 1962.
Dimensions: Overall size: 39 1/8 x 25 3/4 in. (994 x 654 mm). Image size: 37 3/8 x 25 in. (949 x 635 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $2,400
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $3,500/4,000
Lot Note(s): Signed in blue crayon, upper left. Signed and titled in the stone. Edition of 15,000 [of which all were printed?]. Cream wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Very good condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Rodrigo 118; Czwiklitzer 177 (1970 ed.); Czwiklitzer 205 (1981 ed.); Zervos, Vol. XVII, No. 400.
Comment(s): Very rare when signed. We could find only two sales of the signed poster in the past 25 years ($3,933 including premium at Van Ham Fine Art Auctions, Moderne und Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Sale#265, 5/27/2008, lot#254; and $3,260 at Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 5/27/1991, Lot#1335). The unsigned poster sold for $4,312 [£2,750] at Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 09/27/2011 lot #44, and for $3,134 [£2,000] at Christie's, South Kensington (Vintage Posters, Sale#5837), 5/20/2009, lot #115). Poster created during Picasso's lifetime with Picasso authorizing its printing. Printed by Atelier Mourlot, Paris. Designed by Picasso in collaboration with Henri Deschamps. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [19262-6-2400-NA]