Côte d'Azur - Cannes 1962

Beautiful lithograph by Picasso in 1962 in homage to Matisse for the Côte d'Azur and Cannes.

After Matisse's death in 1954, Picasso was deeply saddened. He moved his family to a large villa near Cannes, in the south of France, and painted a series entitled "Studio" in tribute to Matisse. He painted nearly a dozen canvases depicting the same view from his third-floor studio window - with a lush background of sky, garden and sea - while in the foreground, "white doves" nest and play in a dovecote Picasso had built on his terrace. Picasso wasn't in the habit of painting what he saw; he drew his artistic inspiration from his imagination. It was his old friend Matisse who drew his inspiration from nature. Herein lies Picasso's tribute to Matisse.

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Henri Deschamps Lithograph

Christoph Czwiklitzer catalogue raisonné for Picasso posters number 205

Good condition, a fold