Pablo Picasso - Litho from the reeks 'The taste of happiness'

Lithograph by Picasso, in a gilded wooden frame. Dimensions: 16 x 10 cm (print); 44 x 34 cm (frame). In perfect condition.
This 1964 lithograph belongs to the series "Le goût du bonheur," which Picasso had published in 1970 by the German publisher Carl Schunemann at the urging of some friends. These friends had shown him the extraordinary quality of Schunemann's printer – the Dietz Offizin studio in Munich – in the production of lithographs. Picasso was so inspired that he immediately grouped together a number of unpublished drawings (68 in total) to have them lithographically printed by Dietz Offizin.



Three partners joined forces to make the publication possible: Cercle d'Art (Paris), Harry N. Abrams (New York), and Carl Schunemann (Bremen). Each of these publishers contributed 666 copies, for a total of 1,998 copies. The sheet framed here comes from Carl Schunemann's reserves.

Picasso himself closely followed the printing process and corrected the printing where necessary, ensuring the sheets achieved maximum authenticity. The title of the series ("Le goût du bonheur") was also given at Picasso's suggestion. Because the printer did not use traditional industrial dyes for the color lithographs in the series, but instead used the same materials with which Picasso had created the original drawings (pencil, crayon, chalk, ink, charcoal), and each individual sheet was finished separately, a near-perfect reproduction of the original was achieved.

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