Picasso Côte d’Azur Lithograph

Picasso Côte d’Azur Lithograph: an iconic vintage travel poster advertising the Cote d’Azur – the French Riviera – by the notable Spanish artist and sculptor Pablo Picasso. The warm climate and vivid colours of Nice and the Côte d’Azur attracted many famous artists during the first half of the 20th century including Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Matisse.

A colourful painting of a view of the Mediterranean Sea viewed from the terrace of a seaside house featuring decorative birds and trees around the window with the title text and Picasso’s signature below. Published by the Tourism Commission of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport for the French Government. Lithograph printed by Mourlot Paris.

Inscribed on the bottom of the Picasso Côte d’Azur lithograph: ‘Ministere des Travaux Publics et des Transports – Commissariat General au Tourisme – Printed in France – Published by and for the French Government : Ed. 61/23 Imp. Mourlot – Paris‘

Year : 1962

Edition : 15000 impressions

Paper : Light wove paper

Printer : Mourlot, Paris

Size : 66.5 x 100 cm

Reference : Czwiklitzer n°205 | Rodrigo n°118

Condition : Perfect

Certificate of Provenance, signed, dated, stamped, and numbered