Tete de Roi (Le Carnaval de Nice) 1951 HS - Huge - France

Year1951

Hand SignedLower Right in Red Crayon 

Condition Other - some small creasing, toning, staining 

Purchased fromAuction House 2024 

Story / Additional InfoTitle: Tete de Roi (Le Carnaval de Nice) (s.9385) Medium: Lithograph in colours, Vallauris, 12/1/1951, on wove paper, signed & dated in the stone, signed by the artist in red crayon. “No 142” References: Kay, Helen, 1965 “Picasso’s world of Children, New York, Doubleday & Co (188p) Mallen, Enrique, ed. 1997-2021. Online Picasso Project. Sam Houston State University. (51:041)Gerard Gosselin: “Picasso & La Presse - Un peintre dans l’histoire” Pages 122/123Orozco No 90 (Illustrated)Printed by: Imprimerie de la Victoire, Nice,Published by: JMP, de la VictoireNote: In the book “Picasso et la Presse George Tabaraud describes this work as being the first page Picasso designed for “Le Patriote” magazine, on the 31st January 1951, and goes on to acknowledge the political activities of the artist. The work depicts the “Carnival King” and was made for the annual Nice Carnival. 

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Pablo Picasso - Spain

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