By Pablo Picasso
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A stone lithograph from the first edition of 'Picasso's Sketchbook (Carnet de la California, 1955-1956)' which was limited to 1000 copies. Dated, in the design, November 21, 1955 and numbered 4. Different lithograph printed verso, as issued. Unsigned. Accompanied with a copy of the inside cover page and colophone with publishing information.
Around 1959, Editions Cercle d’Art published Carnet de la Californie, a facsimile of a sketchbook that Picasso worked on at his house in Cannes, La Californie. Printed at Mourlot Studios in Paris, this edition was prepared for the American market by publisher Harry N. Abrams, New York (1960).
With thanks to Claire Lui and the Guggenheim for the below:
Carnet de la Californie sheds light on Picasso’s interests and focus at the time. Over and over he returned to the same themes—copies of Old Masters, and drawings of a woman in Turkish clothing...
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
MaterialsLaid Paper, Lithograph