Côte d'Azur
Côte d'Azur
Pablo Picasso, Côte d’Azur is an iconic vintage lithographic poster created in 1962 by the French Tourism Board for the Côte d’Azur. Printed by Mourlot, Paris.
The Côte d’Azur and Nice (also known as the French Riviera) is located on the Mediterranean coastline in the South of France. The warm climate and vivid colours of Nice and the Côte d’Azur attracted many famous artists during the first half of the 20th century including Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Matisse.
Text at the bottom reads: ‘Ministere des Travaux Publics et des Transports – Commissariat General au Tourisme – Printed in France – Published by and for the French Government : Ed. 61/23 Imp. Mourlot – Paris‘
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: Cote d’Azur
Medium: Lithograph
Year: 1962
Edition: 1500
Catalogue Raisonné: Czwiklitzer 205
Signature: Signed in Plate
Size: 39 x 26 (in) 100 x 66.5 (cm)