Exhibition Vallauris 1955

PICASSO EL ARTE MULTIPLICADO · MUSEO DE LA PASIÓN VALLADOLID

Picasso, Pablo

1955

Color linocut

Arnéra, Vallauris

67 x 53 cm

Original poster. Design and manuscript text created by Picasso. No “Avant la Lettre” works exist.
Neither this poster nor its motif has been reproduced in other posters.
The motifs, drawing and handwritten text of the poster, imbued with Picasso’s peculiar sense of humor and an air of theatricality, can be interpreted in different ways.
The central white drawing can be taken for a pottery piece in which the features of a smiling and mischievous face play with the letters of the text matching the festive air of the composition. It would also be possible to see in it a mask, the sun or the moon, symbols of amusement, humor and joy.