Condition: Used,Country of Origin: Switzerland,Artist: Pablo Picasso,Unit of Sale: Set,Size: Medium,Signed: No,Period: Post-War (1940-1970),Title: " Ceramics by Picasso ",Material: Paper,Framing: Unframed,Subject: Famous Paintings/Painters, Ceramics, Pottery, Mid Century Modernism,Type: Print,Year of Production: 1950,Item Height: 14 7/8",Theme: Art,Style: Abstract, Cubism, Expressionism, Modernism, Mid Century Modern,Features: 1st Edition, Rare out of Print,Production Technique: Lithography,Item Width: 11",Time Period Produced: 1950-1959 THIS PABLO PICASSO VERY RARE VINTAGE 1950 FIRST EDITION MID CENTURY MODERNIST FINE ART LITHOGRAPH PRINTS PORTFOLIO SET " CERAMICS BY PICASSO ", IS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE SET TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION. THE PORTFOLIO OF 14 COLOR LITHOGRAPH PRINTS IS PUBLISHED BY ALBERT SKIRA GENEVA-PARIS, TRANSBOOK COMPANY, INC. NEW YORK. PRINTED IN SWITZERLAND IN 1950 IN AN UNNUMBERED LIMITED EDITION BY L'IMPRIMERIE ROTO-SADAG IN GENEVA. FINISHED ON THE TENTH DAY OF JULY, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY. IT FEATURES A MONOGRAPH COLLECTION OF 14 LITHOGRAPH PRINTS OF CERAMIC ARTWORKS BY PICASSO, WITH A 17-PAGE TITLES AND FOREWORD BY SUZANNE AND GEORGES RAMIE. THIS PARTICULAR PORTFOLIO INCLUDES 13 LOOSE LEAF COLOR LITHOGRAPH PRINT PAGES ( 14 INCLUDING THE PORTFOLIO COVER PRINT ) OF THE ORIGINALLY ISSUED 18 PRINTS. ALSO INCLUDED IS A BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO LITHOGRAPH PRINT PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AT VALLAURIS. THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR TRUE PABLO PICASSO AND MID CENTURY MODERNISM FANS AND COLLECTORS BOTH AS THIS COVETED FINE ART LITHOGRAPH PRINTS PORTFOLIO IS LONG OUT OF PRINT AND VERY SCARCE TO FIND. THE COLOR LITHOGRAPH PRINTS ARE SUITABLE FOR FRAMING. PABLO PICASSO ( 1881 - 1973 ) WAS A SPANISH BORN PAINTER, SCULPTOR, PRINTMAKER, CERAMICIST, POET AND PLAYWRIGHT WHO SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE IN FRANCE. HE IS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. EXCEPTIONALLY PROLIFIC THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF HIS LONG LIFE, PICASSO ACHIEVED UNIVERSAL RENOWN AND IMMENSE FORTUNE FOR HIS REVOLUTIONARY ARTISTIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND BECAME ONE OF THE MOST WELL KNOWN FIGURES IN TWENTIETH CENTURY ART. IN 1946 PICASSO VISITED THE SMALL COASTAL TOWN VALLAURIS FRANCE, KNOWN FOR ITS POTTERY, WHERE HE BECAME ENAMORED WITH THE CERAMICS BEING PRODUCED BY THE ATELIER MADOURA, OWNED BY SUZANNE AND GEORGES RAIME. INVITED BY THE RAMIES TO PRODUCE HIS OWN CERAMICS, THIS COLLABORATION USHERED IN ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC PERIODS OF HIS CAREER SPANNING MORE THAN 20 YEARS. HERE HE CREATED A BREATHTAKING COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL CERAMIC WORKS. IN AN ERA WHEN ONLY THE WEALTHY COULD AFFORD HIS PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES, PICASSO WELCOMED THE NOTION THAT HIS POTTERY AND CERAMICS COULD BE OWNED BY EVERYDAY PEOPLE IN THE POST-WAR WORLD. HE LOVED THE IDEA THAT THESE CERAMIC WORKS WERE BOTH AESTHETICALLY PLEASING AND FUNCTIONAL, FREQUENTLY GIFTING THESE PIECES TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY. HE WAS ALWAYS EXPERIMENTING WITH NEW WAYS TO EXPRESS HIMSELF ARTISTICALLY. MORE THAN ANYTHING, PICASSO WAS EAGER TO TEST THE CREATIVE POTENTIAL OF THIS NEW MEDIUM. HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH CERAMICS WAS BOTH PROFOUND AND PERSONAL, BECOMING ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PARTS OF HIS OEUVRE. THE GREAT INVENTION AND ORIGINALITY OF THIS LARGE BODY OF WORK ESTABLISHED HIS IMPORTANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF 20TH CENTURY ART POTTERY. THE RARE OUT OF PRINT MID CENTURY MODERNIST FINE ART LITHOGRAPH PRINTS PORTFOLIO INCLUDES 13 LOOSE LEAF PRINT PAGES, THE PORTFOLIO COVER SLEEVE WITH COVER COLOR PRINT, AND TITLES & FOREWORD PAGES. THE COLOR LITHOGRAPH PRINT PLATE IMAGES ARE ATTACHED TO THE PAGES WITH A METHOD CALLED " TIPPING " WHERE THEY ARE ATTACHED BY HAND ON THE TOP EDGE. EACH PRINT PLATE IMAGE MEASURES 11 3/8" W X 9 1/2" H, ON A PAGE BACKING THAT IS 14 7/8" W X 11" H. IT IS IN EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION CONSISTENT WITH AGE, LIGHT TO MODERATE SIGNS OF HANDLING AND WEAR. THERE IS MODERATE VISIBLE WEAR TO THE PORTFOLIO COVER. THE 13 PRINT PAGES ARE IN EXCELLENT CLEAN VINTAGE CONDITION WITH LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING AND LIGHT MINOR WEAR. T