Pablo Picasso Art et Solidarité, 1960 is a stunning and creative work that 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 Pablo Picasso 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 between 1960, this color lithograph is hand-signed  by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) in pencil in the lower right corner and is also signed in black in the stone 'Picasso | 4.10.60' in the lower right corner. Numbered from the total deluxe edition of 400 before letters in pencil in the lower left margin; aside from the unsigned poster edition of 1000.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:

Pablo Picasso Art et Solidarité, 1960 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. 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. 242-3.2.
4. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.

About the Framing:

Pablo Picasso Art et Solidarité, 1960 is framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, presented in a complementary moulding and optical grade Plexiglas.