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PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) - PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Spanish painter, a co-founder of the Cubist movement. An unusual vintage signed and inscribed colour picture postcard by Picasso, the image, entitled Joies et plaisirs de la Cote-d´Azur , being a photomontage of a blonde pin-up girl wearing a bikini and sitting in a full-length pose with her legs outstretched on a diving board against a backdrop of the bay of Cannes featuring palm trees, golden sandy beaches and hotels etc. Signed by Picasso in bold blue fountain pen ink to a light area of the image, ´Pour Raoul Pellequer, son ami, Picasso´ . The verso of the postcard features an A.L.S., Max , by Max Pellequer, n.p. (Cannes), 1st February 1959, to his brother Max, in French. Pellequer writes, in full, ´C´est Picasso qui a voulu choisir cette carte pour toi. C´est la raison pour laquelle je te l´envoie avec mes plus effectues pensees et mes regrets de ne pas vous avoir aupres de nous dans ce pays si plein de bons souvenirs qui a aussi invente la bouillabaisse, que nous avons degustee malheureusement sans vous´ (Translation: ´It was Picasso who chose this card for you. That's why I'm sending it to you with my deepest thoughts and my regrets at not having you with us in this country so full of good memories, which also invented the bouillabaisse, which unfortunately we tasted without you´ ). The letter is also signed (with their first names) by Francine Pellequer, Jacqueline Roque, the French model, muse and second wife of Picasso, and also by Pablo Picasso himself with a bold black ink signature ( ´Picasso´ ). An attractive example of Picasso´s autograph, enhanced by a letter with interesting association. VG Max Pellequer (1903-1973) French banker and art collector who would become Picasso´s private banker, financial adviser and close friend. Pellequer assembled an important collection of artworks in the 1920s and 1930s which included a number of significant early pieces by Picasso, as well as works by Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro and others. Almost two hundred letters from Pellequer to Picasso are preserved in the Musee National Picasso in Paris.