Pablo Picasso, Art & Solidarity, 1960 |
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| Artist: | Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) |
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| Title: | Art & Solidarity, 1960 |
| Medium: | Original Color Lithograph |
| Image Size: | 25 x 19 3/4 in (63.5 cm x 50.165 cm) |
| Framed Size: | 42 3/4 in x 37 1/8 in (108.59 cm x 94.3 cm) |
| Signature: | This work is hand-signed by Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) in pencil in the lower right of the image (also signed and dated in the stone in the lower right just below the pencil signature "Picasso | le 4.10.60".) |
| Condition: | This work is in excellent condition. |
| ID # | w-2688 |
This stunning and creative work was realized after Picasso had been inspired by his family, Françoise Gilot and their children, Paloma and Claude. They are featured in profile, in a staggered composition and simplistically created with Picasso's signature, fluid lines. A bold, bright blue sea of color enhances the characters as it flows gently down the center of the composition, seemingly forming a small, graceful river that meanders along the curves and humps of their noses and lips. According to Rodrigo, "[the drawing] was produced using as its subject, a lithograph in colour that Picasso had done of Françoise Gilot and their children…and which he provided for use in the poster for the children's campaign" (242).
Created on October 4, 1960, this work is from the edition of 200 on watermarked Arches block paper with large margins, and only these 200 impressions were signed and numbered by the artist (aside from the poster edition, and an additional 300 unsigned impressions). This edition was printed by Imprimerie Mourlot, Paris 1961. This work is hand-signed by Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) in pencil in the lower right margin and also signed and dated in the stone in the lower right just above the pencil signature "Picasso | le 4.10.60". Numbered 166/200 in pencil in the lower left margin.
CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ REFERENCE & COA: It is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that I will enclose with the sale of the work):
1. Czwiklitzer, Christopher. Picasso's Posters, 1971. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 170 with details on page 330.
2. Czwiklitzer, Christopher. Picasso's Posters, 1981. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 197 with details on page 557.
3. Rodrigo, Luis Carlos. Picasso in His Posters, Vol. I, Rodrigo: Spain, 1992. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 107 on pgs. 242-3.
About the Framing:
Conservation framed with archival materials and museum quality, this work is set in an Italian style gold frame with sculpted moulding. Completed with white, silk-wrapped mats and a matching gold inner fillet, this work is set behind an archival Plexiglas cover.
