Lithograph on vélin pur fil Lafuma Navarre paper. Paper size: 10.63 x 7.48 inches. Excellent condition. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Mystification ou l'Histoire des portraits, 1954. Published by Les Éditeurs français réunis, Paris; printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris, 1954. Excerpted from the album (translated from French), This edition, with IV drawings by Pablo Picasso, has been printed in DXXX examples, including V examples on Japon nacré, marked from A to E, XCV examples on vélin d'Arches, numbered in roman numerals from I to XCV, and CDXXX examples on vélin pur fil Lafuma, numbered from I to CD, and from CDI to CDXXX for the XXX out-of-commerce examples. PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Spanish painter and sculptor is one of the most recognized figures of twentieth century art. During his artistic career, which lasted more than 75 years, he created thousands of works using all kinds of mediums. He changed art more profoundly than any other artist of his time. First famous for pioneering cubism, Picasso continued to develop his art with a pace and vitality comparable to the accelerated technological and cultural changes of the twentieth century. Each change embodied a radical idea, and might be said that Picasso lived several artistic lifetimes.