Pablo Picasso, Ceramics Exhibition, Vallauris, 1959

Artist: Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
Title:Ceramics Exhibition, Vallauris, 1959
Reference:Bloch 1286
Medium:Color Linocut
Image Size:25 1/4 in x 20 3/4 in (64.1 cm x 52.7 cm)
Sheet Size:30 in x 22 1/4 in (64.1 cm x 52.7 cm)
Edition:Numbered from the edition of 175 in pencil in the lower left margin. Aside from an unsigned and unnumbered edition of 120.
Signature:This work is hand-signed by Pablo Picasso (Málaga, 1881 - Mougins, 1973) in pencil in the lower right margin.
Condition:This work is in excellent condition.
ID #w-8542

Historical Description

Created in 1959, Pablo Picasso Ceramics Exhibition, Vallauris is a linocut on Arches paper and is hand-signed by Pablo Picasso (Málaga, 1881 - Mougins, 1973) in brown crayon in the lower right margin. From the unnumbered edition of 875, this work was published by Musée unicipal d'Art Moderne, Céret.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Pablo Picasso Ceramics Exhibition, Vallauris is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work):

1. Bloch, Georges. Picasso Catalogue de l'ouvre gravé et lithographié, Volume I. Kornfeld et Cie: Switzerland, 1968. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 1286.
2. Czwiklitzer, Christoph. Pablo Picasso Plakate 1923-1973. Munchen: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH &Co. KG,  1981. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 34.
3. McVinney, L. Donald, et al Picasso Linoleum Cuts: The Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kramer Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: Random House, 1985. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 136.
4. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.

About the Framing:
Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Pablo Picasso Ceramics Exhibition, Vallauris, 1959 is presented in a complementary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.