PICASSO Rare MCM Original MOURLOT Litho "SALON DE MAI" 1970 Ltd Edition "11/200" For Sale

• Artist: PABLO PICASSO (Spanish,1881-1973)
• Title: "Salon de Mai – Saint Germain en Laye, Centre Culturel" 1970
• Medium: Original Color Lithograph printed from stone as an exhibition poster for an exhibition from May 7 to June 18, 1970
• Signature: None were individually signed by Picasso
• Edition: Limited Edition of only 200 impressions. This is from the first run of this image, with the MourlotGraphics chop, and numbered "11/200" in pencil.
• Size: 30 x 18 1/2 inches; 69 x 46.5 cm (sheet)
• Printer: Imprimerie Mourlot, Paris -Atelier Mourlot / Mourlot Studios, Paris, France
• Publisher: Centre Culturel deSaint Germain-en-Laye
• Reference: Picasso Poster Catalogue Raisonne no. 197, page 422 (as shown above)

Notes:Pablo Picasso created this Lithograph poster for the Salon de Mai du 7 Mai au 18 Juin 1970 exhibition at the Centre Culturel de Saint-Germain-En-Laye, with an edition size of only 200 in its First Run on Velin d'Arches paper, as noted by the Mourlot Graphics dry stamp. Printed by Mourlot, Paris. [Do not confuse this with the later run in an edition of 3,000 measuring 71 x 47 format]
Reference: "Picasso in His Posters: Image and Work" by Luis Carlos Rodrigo, no. 197 page 422 [Rodrigo states: "This poster was designed by Fernand Mourlot using a subject the reproduction of the oil on plywood called "Serenade" that Picasso did on June 18, 1967. The painting hangs in the Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne.]Provenance: A prominentBeverly Hills collector; Hatay Stratton Fine ArtAbout the Artist: The greatest artist of the 20th century needs no further introduction.