Picasso Vallauris Exhibition lithograph 1959

Picasso Vallauris Exhibition lithograph 1959 Size approx 31 x 23,5 cm   Lithograph printed by Mourlot in 1959     Founded in 1852, Imprimerie Mourlot was one of the most important lithographic printing studio in France. Printing Lithographs for artists such as Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, Miro and so on. In 1945, Pablo Picasso selected the Mourlot studio for his return to the lithographic medium. Set up in a corner of the shop, it would soon become his home for several months at a time. Between 1945 and 1969, Picasso created over four hundred lithographs at Mourlot. This collaboration would break new ground in the lithographic process and lend a new dimension to Picassos work. These lithographs were printed in 1959 in the workshop as a retrospective to the best Posters Mourlo