Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Vallauris Exhibition

Pablo Picasso - "Vallauris Exhibition"

Technique: Original color Linoleum, on Arches Paper;

Year: 1961;

Sheet dimensions: 75x62 cm;

Dimensions of the linoleum plate: 63.5x53 cm;

Print run: 175 copies signed in pencil by the artist, plus some HC copies;

Copy 173/175;

Pencil edition, bottom left;

Signed in pencil, bottom left;

Signed in the plate, bottom center;

Dated 2.7.61 in the plate, bottom center;

ARCHES watermark along the left margin;

Published by Hidalgo Arnéra, Vallauris for the Association des Potiers de Vallauris;

Printer: Hidalgo Arnéra, Vallauris for the Association des Potiers de Vallauris;

Publications:
•⁠ ⁠Catalog raisonné "Les affiches de Pablo Picasso" by Christophe Czwiklitzer, published in 1970 by Art Creation et Curiosa Basel-Paris, edition no. 42;

•⁠ ⁠General catalogue "Picasso: Catalogue de l'œuvre gravé et lithographié" - Volume I (1904-1967), published by Kornfeld et Klipstein in 1968 edited by Georges Bloch, edition no. 1295;

•⁠ ⁠Catalog raisonné "Picasso Peintre-Graveur" - 1986/1996, published by Edizioni Kornfeld of Bern edited by Brigitte Baer edition no. 1274;

Exhibitions:
•⁠ ⁠One of the 175 copies is part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY, where it is exhibited. The work is also published on the museum's website:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/369477

•⁠ ⁠One of the 175 copies is part of the collection of the Museu Picasso de Barcelona, where it is exhibited. The work is also published on the museum's website:
https://museupicassobcn.cat/es/coleccion/obra-de-arte/exposition-vallauris-1961-vallauris-1961

•⁠ ⁠One of the 175 copies is part of the collection of the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh, where it is exhibited. The work is also published on the museum's website:
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/124859

Some other copies have recently gone on auction at major global auction houses (including Christie's and Phillips).
At Toomey & Co. Auctioneers in Chicago, one copy sold for approximately $10,000 ($7,560 + buyer's premium) in 2023. The images show the award screen.

ORIGINAL work with certified provenance (famous Italian auction house);

The work is in excellent condition. Only a slight yellowing of the edges of the sheet due to time is reported, which does not affect the aesthetics of the linoleum in the slightest, perfectly intact.

The work is sold unframed, applied to cardboard.

This spectacular and extremely rare linoleum by Maestro Pablo Picasso, very low print run and hand signed, will be shipped with insurance worldwide.