Lot #294: PABLO PICASSO - Le Dejeuner sur l’Herbe - Color lithograph

 

Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881 - 1973).
Title: "Le Dejeuner sur l’Herbe [Pace Columbus]".
Medium: Color lithograph.
Date: Composed 1972.
Dimensions: Overall size: 25 1/4 x 27 3/8 in. (641 x 695 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $600
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $800/1,000
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower left. Edition of 1,500. Tan wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: cf. Bloch 1023; Czwiklitzer 434 (1981 ed.); unknown to Rodrigo.
Comment(s): Poster created (and exhibition held) during Picasso's lifetime, with Picasso authorizing its printing. Apparently a scarce poster; no auction records in the past 25 years located. A "black and white" version of this poster also exists. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [26962-6-600-NA]