Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881 - 1973). Title: "Hommage des artistes Espagnols au poete Antonio Machado [without letters]". Medium: Offset lithograph. Date: Composed 1955. Dimensions: Overall size: 25 1/2 x 19 11/16 in. (648 x 500 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower right. A proof before letters - the edition was 700. Cream wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Very good condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: cf. Czwiklitzer 89 (1970 ed.);cf. Czwiklitzer 102 (1981 ed.); Cf. Rodrigo 148. Comment(s): Very rare. Rodrigo states that "'avant le lettre' works were not made" by which he means that there was no regular edition without letters. There were, however, a few proofs before letters. The only auction record we could find of a proof before letters is a sale for €1,484 ($2,156) at Bloomsbury auctions, 06/30/2011, lot #162. Unrecorded by Czwiklitzer and Rodrigo. Poster created (and exhibition held) during Picasso's lifetime, with Picasso authorizing its printing. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [26976-5-1600]