Description
Pablo Picasso’s Exposition Vallauris stands as one of the legendary artist’s most exuberant and distinctive original posters. This authenticated rare vintage poster, created in 1959 and cataloged in authoritative references (Czwiklitzer, 17; PAI-LIX, 525; PAI-LXVIII, 553), celebrates the iconic 1955 ceramics exposition in the Côte d’Azur town where Picasso spent eight transformative years (1948-1955).
Czwiklitzer 17 is the 1959 reduced lithograph of this composition, printed by Mourlot Frères and issued in André Sauret’s Affiches Originales des Maîtres de l’École de Paris, published in English as Art in Posters—the volume of 102 reduced posters reproduced as original lithographs. The image is from 1955; the printing is from 1959.
This museum-quality collectible art poster showcases Picasso’s signature abstract style at its most vibrant—wild, expressive typography rendered in sharp white lines against a rich brown background. The composition captures the artist’s farewell gesture to Vallauris, a town famed for its ceramics industry. Of the handful of designs Picasso created for the exposition, this lithograph is the most exuberant, featuring his distinctive hand-applied signature that completes the composition.
The authenticated vintage poster exemplifies Picasso’s mastery of graphic design and his ability to distill complex artistic vision into a single, powerful image. Rendered on acid-free, linen-backed stock in Grade A- condition, this rare French poster remains a cornerstone of modernist poster art and continues to captivate collectors and art enthusiasts worldwide.
Its provenance and documentation make it an exceptional addition to any serious collection of authenticated original posters and mid-twentieth-century fine art.
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