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191371213Paris: Mercure de France 1913. Fine. “To Henri Ghéon whose poetry I love Guillaume Apollinaire” Mercure de France Paris 1913 11.50 x 18.50 cm broché First edition one of the first-issue copies press-numbered from a total limitation of just 23 deluxe copies on Holland paper. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire by Pablo Picasso. Spine sunned with discreet restorations.Our copy is preserved in a red half morocco chemise spine with five raised bands date lettered at the foot paper-covered boards matching paper slipcase edged in red morocco the whole signed by Boichot. Rare signed autograph inscription by Guillaume Apollinaire: « à Henri Ghéon dont j'aime la poésie Guillaume Apollinaire ». Our copy further contains five manuscript corrections in ink by Apollinaire on pages 71 77 92 110 and 189. Also included is an autograph satirical quatrain by Apollinaire composed two years earlier offering a caustic critique of René Fauchois's mediocre play 'Rivoli' devoted to Napoleon. Apollinaire presented this copy to Henri Ghéon literary critic for La Nouvelle Revue Française. The poet took care to correct himself the typographical errors still present in this very first edition corrections likewise found in other presentation and review copies distributed by the author. Upon receiving his copy Ghéon devoted an article to Alcools «Alcools par Guillaume Apollinaire» Nouvelle Revue Française no. LVI 1 July 1913 describing the collection as a «démarche aventureuse». Presentation copies of this work inscribed by Apollinaire are rare and highly sought after. The small autograph satirical quatrain by Apollinaire composed two years earlier offers a caustic critique of René Fauchois's mediocre play 'Rivoli' devoted to Napoleon. Although it makes no claim to the poetic ambition of Alcools the poem nevertheless shares with that celebrated collection several features that illuminate the genesis of Apollinaire's masterpiece. Published under the pseudonym « Montade » in the Mercure de France of April 1911 with five commas the manuscript of the poem is written entirely without punctuation just like the avant-garde poems of Alcools. The very form of this brief poem reveals Apollinaire's curiosity and his constant search for the renewal of poetic expression as evidenced by the introductory note accompanying its publication in the Mercure: « Chantecler a été l'occasion pour les poètes français de reprendre un genre délaissé l'épigramme. . Le Rivoli de M. Fauchois a aussi inspiré des épigrammes. En voici deux qui sont bien tournés. L'une a été insérée dans l'Intransigeant :Après Beethoven Amen ! Après Rivoli au lit !La seconde parce qu'il y a plus de ruelles court les brasseries :Le grand Napoléon au jour de Rivoli Avait fait par ma foi une belle trouvaille Inutile vraiment puisque partout on lit Qu'à l'Odéon Fauchois a perdu la bataille » One also notes the poet's own assessment of his work and his desire for a poetry that wanders freely through the streets and cafés liberated from the constraints of print punctuation and formal rigidity much like the cascading calligraphy of these handwritten verses composed nine years before Calligrammes. Mercure de France hardcover
196948574Barcelona.: Ediciones de la Cometa. 1969. Loose as issued in original publisher's printed wrappers and cloth-lined parchment-covered box. 2 vols. Folio. 470 x 370 mm or the reverse. Frontispiece engraving with burin signed in pencil by Picasso loose in paper portfolio as issued and Picasso's printed text illustrated with a further 12 original etchings by Picasso. Picasso's poetic and pictorial homage to El Greco and Velazquez.From the edition limited to 263 copies with this one of 220 examples with 12 original etchings together with an original etched frontispiece signed in pencil by Picasso.'From 1955 on the frequent visits of fellow Spaniards re-awakened Picasso's memories of Spain. In 1957 he began to write again in Spanish and he painted 'Las Meninas' after Velazquez. From January 6 1957 to August 20 1959 - the date of each text is meticulously noted - he wrote this dramatic poem and gave it the title of El Greco's masterpiece … Ten years later he suggested to Gustavo Gili a publisher in Barcelona that he should publish the piece. To illustrate it he chose 15 prints done between 1966 and 1967 … The prints depict fleshy women watched by a jealous cupid a male who is ferocious and ready for violence circus theatre and family scenes and the painter and his model. To these was added a burin engraving dated June 9 1939 in which a text in Spanish beginning 'Trozo de almíbar' 'bit of sirop' is enclosed by remarques.' Cramer.Cramer 146. Ediciones de la Cometa. hardcover
1969902981969. PICASSO Pablo. El Entierro del Conde de Orgaz. Three volumes. 12 XI 1 69 7 pp. Illustrated with one signed engraving and 12 etchings by Picasso and a preface by Rafael Alberti. Folio 370 x 470 mm bound loose as issued in the original wrappers and vellum-covered slipcase. The whole preserved in a cloth folding box. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili and Ediciones de la Cometa 1969. A Spanish production in every sense in this Picasso book Picasso illustrated his own poetry based upon his life and youth in Andalucia. The title bears reference to the painting by El Greco an artist very much admired by Picasso. Picasso began this poem in 1957 during a period of renewed interest in his Spanish heritage. Included in the work is a facsimile of Picasso's original manuscript of the poem written in coloured pencils. To illustrate his autobiographical poetry the artist selected one of his engravings from 1939 and etchings finished between 1966 and 1967. Printed and published by the publishing house Gustavo Gili of Barcelona with a prologue-poem by Rafael Alberti El Entierro del Conde de Orgaz includes a total of thirteen Picasso etchings of circus scenes and allegorical images infused with eroticism all echoing the artist's Spanish homeland and influences therefrom. One of an edition of 263 copies on Romani wove. It is notable that the present publication was the subject of a single exhibition at the Fundacion Picasso "Pablo Ruiz Picasso: El Entierro del Conde de Orgaz" May 2004. Goeppert 146. Bloch 1465-1477. Johnson Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870-2000 No. 92. hardcover
1962138061Vallauris: Unpublished 1962. No edition. One of 68 trial proofs of the first state in beige or ochre on black. Stamped Picasso signature lower right as issued marked "Gravure ineditée" in pencil lower left rubber stamp of Marina Picasso to verso. Printed by Arnéra Vallauris. Linocut in ochre over black on vélin d'Arches watermarked wove paper. Image size: 52.4 x 63.7 cm. Sheet size: 75.1 x 62.1 cm. Framed size: 84.3 x 94.3 cm. Light creasing to upper right corner light skinning to verso from previous hinging otherwise in very good condition. Presented in a handmade gold leaf frame with conservation acrylic glazing. Wofsy L-148; Baer 1327 I. unknown
196048558Alès.: PAB. Pierre. André. Benoit. 1960. Loose as issued in original publisher's printed wrappers with flaps original drypoint engraving on celluloid 'Homme Grec Barbu' by Picasso to front cover original publisher's patterned paper-covered board chemise with title in black to spine and matching slipcase. Folio. 512 x 340 mm. Leaf with title leaf with Picasso's original drypoint engraving on celluloid as frontispiece leaf with Pindar's dedication in Greek two leaves with Pindar's verse in Greek original drypoint engraving recto leaf with translator's credit leaf with Pindar's dedication in French two leaves with Pindar's verse in French translated by Jean Beaufret leaf with original drypoint engraving and final leaf with justification and achevé d'imprimer. A superb example of this superb collaboration between Picasso and PAB.From the edition limited to 50 copies with this one of 44 signed and numbered in pencil on the justification by the publisher and artist; six copies numbered in Roman numerals as well as six hors commerce copies were also issued.Picasso's four original drypoint engravings are titled as follows: 'Homme Grec Barbu' for the front cover; 'Lutteur avec Lance et Bouclier'; 'Athlète de Face'; 'Athlète au Repos'.'Pindar's Eighth Pythian Ode was after Ovid's Metamorphoses 1931 and Aristophanes's Lysistrata 1934 the third and last text from classical antiquity which Picasso illustrated . At the request of P.A. Benoit Picasso executed four drypoints on celluloid for Pindar's text . The Eighth Pythian Ode was presented i.e. sung in 446 BC at Aegina in honour of a certain Aristomenes who had won the wrestling competition at the Pythian Games at Delphi. Pindar celebrates the youth's splendid victory but also mourns the transience of happiness and glory by evoking the sad fate of the defeated.' Patrick Cramer.Cramer 108; Baer 1077 - 1080. PAB. (P[ierre]. A[ndré]. B[enoit].). unknown
1914N - 2024 - 115<p>Max Jacob. Illustrated with three cubist etchings by Picasso in full page from 1913. Max Jacob three-act play reflect the author mystic quest and his research into the cabala and astrology Picasso completed the illustrations during the winter of 1913/14 making three etchings and dry points one for each act to which he gave the titles: Femme Nue plate 1 Nature Morte au Crâne plate 2 and Femme plate 3. This book is second illustrated book published by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler created in collaboration with Picasso. Signed by the Picasso and Jacob in the justification page and marked as number "40" of 85 copies on "Holland van Gelder" total edition 106 copies. The book is complete in the original glassine light offsetting is present in the text page near the first illustration. Ref Cramer #3. Very good conditions.</p> Daniel- Henry Kahnweiler, Editeur hardcover
1913128083Paris: Mercure de France 1913. First edition of Apollinaire's first collection of poems signed by him and Pablo Picasso. Octavo bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and raised bands to the spine patterned endpapers frontispiece portrait of the poet by Pablo Picasso. Association copy inscribed by both Apollinaire and Pablo Picasso on front free endpaper "A A P.N. Roinard son admirateur Guillaume Apollinaire" and "et pour Robert Valançay Picasso Paris Janvier 1940 et I." Apollinaire has also made five corrections to the text in ink on pages 71 77 92 110 and 189. The recipient of Apollinaire's inscription Paul-Napoléon Roinard was a French libertarian painter and poet whom Apollinaire befriended in 1903 and considered "one of the most powerful precursors of the new poetry." Apollinaire dedicated his poem Le Brasier included in the present volume on p. 129 to Roinard. The recipient of Picasso's inscription Robert Valançay was a poet translator and literary critic who worked with and admired many of the artists and poets of the surrealist group. He published two major volumes of poetry but was most appreciated and sought after for his translations. He was considered the official translator of Max Ernst and Hans Arp. In near fine condition. Original wrappers bound in. A remarkable association copy linking four major figures of the literary and artistic avant-gardes of the 20th century. French poet playwright short story writer novelist and art critic Guillaume Apollinaire is considered one of the foremost poets of the early 20th century as well as one of the most impassioned defenders of Cubism and a forefather of Surrealism. At the turn of the 20th century he became one of the most popular members of the artistic community of Paris both in Montmartre and Montparnasse. His friends and collaborators in that period included Pablo Picasso Henri Rousseau Gertrude Stein Max Jacob André Salmon André Breton André Derain Faik Konitza Blaise Cendrars Giuseppe Ungaretti Pierre Reverdy Alexandra Exter Jean Cocteau Erik Satie Ossip Zadkine Marc Chagall Marcel Duchamp and Jean Metzinger. He is credited with coining the term "Cubism" in 1911 to describe the emerging art movement the term Orphism in 1912 and the term "Surrealism" in 1917 to describe the works of Erik Satie. Mercure de France hardcover
19322650<p>Paris: np 1932. Fine. MAN RAY CAPTURES PICASSO'S ESSENCE IN LEGENDARY PORTRAIT. AN ICONIC PHOTOGRAPH WITH IMPORTANT PROVENANCE: From the famous Sotheby's sale of 1995 of items from the "Estate of Juliet Man Ray The Man Ray Trust and the Family of Juliet Man Ray". The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants Emmanuel "Manny" Radnitzky 1890-1976 grew up in Brooklyn New York. He displayed creative abilities from a young age and studied to be a painter. He adopted "Man Ray" as his pseudonym and in 1915 formed the New York group of Dada artists with Marcel Duchamp. In the 1920s and 1930s Paris was the destination for the international avant-garde offering an exceptional number of galleries art dealers and wealthy patrons who promised artistic freedom. Man Ray sailed to the "City of Light" in 1921 joined Parisian Dada and Surrealist circles and became intimate associates with Pablo Picasso Max Ernst and other leading artists. He pursued fashion and portrait photography creating a pantheon of the city's cultural life. "As a photographer I was in demand" Ray explained to John Bainbridge a writer at The New Yorker. "I was like a doctor. Everybody needed me." Bolz To be photographed by Man Ray meant you had made it in the Parisian art world.<br /><br />Ray often said that Old Masters especially Hans Holbein the Younger Rembrandt and Vermeer inspired his portraits. "I. admired the respect with which they treated the proportions of human features" he wrote in an article published in Modern Photography magazine in November 1957. He also made considerable technological advancements in the field by creating "rayographs" photographic images composed of ordinary objects placed on photo sensitive paper exposed to light and developing solarization the process of tone reversal observed in cases of extreme overexposure. "I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint the things which already have an existence" Ray said. Schwarz 10 Ray sought to create a sense of drama and mystery believing that his photography could transcend the mechanical nature of a camera.<br /><br />When photographing his friends and colleagues Ray's emotional and psychological insights allowed him to expose the soul of each subject. One such subject and friend was Pablo Picasso. Man Ray and Picasso met in 1921 in Paris. They became friends through their connection to Surrealism spending holidays together and collaborating on creative pursuits. In his autobiography Man Ray described Picasso: "He gave me the impression of a man who was aware of all that was going on about him and in the world in general a man who reacted violently to all impacts but had only one outlet to express his feelings: painting." Man Ray 177 The intensity and awareness that Man Ray described is masterfully captured in his portraits of the painter.<br /><br />This photo we have on offer is from Man Ray's renowned series of Picasso portraits and coincided with the publication of the first volume of Picasso's catalogue raisonné reflecting the critical position Picasso's work occupied in the French artistic establishment. In this almost sculptural photograph from 1932 Man Ray unusually presented Picasso in an open trench coat over his jacket and tie. Picasso's dark hair is slicked down and his smooth face looks directly into the camera. Ray used light on the outlines of Picasso's face to create a contemplative image that showed him as a dark and shadowy figure juxtaposed against the light background. Picasso's riveting gaze also conveys a reflective and sober mood. This print has the Man Ray stamps M28 and M30 on the reverse and was lot 348 from the sale of the "Estate of Juliet Man Ray The Man Ray Trust and the Family of Juliet Man Ray" Sotheby's March 22 and 23 1995. <br /><br />Man Ray and Picasso remained close confidantes after this collaboration and during the summer of 1937 Man Ray filmed his friends including Pablo Picasso during a trip to the French Riviera. The result was On the French Riviera with Man Ray and Picasso a documentary film which portrayed the friendship of Picasso and Ray at the center of a close-knit community of artists.<br /><br />German occupation led Ray to leave Paris for the United States in 1940. He lived and worked in New York and Los Angeles returning to Paris in 1951 and resuming his friendship with Picasso and other artists. Ray died in Paris in 1976 yet his creativity and innovative techniques which demonstrate the distinctive cultural landscape of Paris during the interwar period had a substantial influence on contemporary art. Contributing to magazines like Vogue Vanity Fair and Harper's Bazaar he paved the way for Richard Avedon Annie Leibovitz and other artistic photographers. Ray achieved international recognition for his photography which he elevated to an art form. On May 14 2022 Man Ray's Le Violon d'Ingres 1924 sold for $12.4 million setting a new world record as the most expensive photograph ever sold at auction.<br /><br />He was a masterful portraitist renowned for capturing the essence of his subject's personality and mood. This collaboration between two of the most prolific creative and eclectic artists of the twentieth century had truly spectacular results.<br /><br />Provenance: Sotheby's London 22nd and 23rd March 1995 Lot 348: "Property of the Estate of Juliet Man Ray The Man Ray Trust and the Family of Juliet Man Ray."<br /><br />Image/Print Size: 9 x 11 3/4 in. Elegantly framed with wooden frame under UV-protecting museum glass to an overall size of 20 ½ x 24 ½ inches.<br /><br />Paris: 1932; printed later. Silver print. With Man Ray stamps on reverse: M28 and M30 - 'Man Ray 31 bis Rue Campagne Première Paris XIVe' and the copyright stamp ADAGP. Fine condition.<br /><br /><br />References:<br /><br />Diane M. Bolz. "Visual Moment: Man Ray in Paris." Moment Magazine. Winter Issue 2022.<br /><br />The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Man Ray." Encyclopedia Britannica. 14 Nov. 2022.<br /><br />Arthur Lubow. Man Ray: The Artist and His Shadows. New Haven: Yale University Press 2021. <br /><br />Man Ray. Photographs by Man Ray: 1920 Paris 1934. Hartford: James Thrall Soby 1934. <br /><br />Man Ray. Self Portrait. London: Bloomsbury 1988.<br /><br />Man Ray and Jean-Hubert Martin. Man Ray Photographs. London: Thames and Hudson 1982.<br /><br />Arturo Schwarz. Man Ray: The Rigour of Imagination. London: Thames and Hudson 1977. <br /><br />Slate Photo. "Man Ray's Portraits." Slate Magazine. February 6 2013.<br /><br />Alden Whitman. "Man Ray is Dead in Paris at 86; Dadaist Painter and Photographer." The New York Times. November 19 1976.</p> np
19322651Paris: np 1932. Fine. MAN RAY CAPTURES PICASSO'S ESSENCE IN LEGENDARY PORTRAIT. AN ICONIC PHOTOGRAPH WITH IMPORTANT PROVENANCE: From the famous Sotheby's sale of 1995 of items from the "Estate of Juliet Man Ray The Man Ray Trust and the Family of Juliet Man Ray". The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants Emmanuel "Manny" Radnitzky 1890-1976 grew up in Brooklyn New York. He displayed creative abilities from a young age and studied to be a painter. He adopted "Man Ray" as his pseudonym and in 1915 formed the New York group of Dada artists with Marcel Duchamp. In the 1920s and 1930s Paris was the destination for the international avant-garde offering an exceptional number of galleries art dealers and wealthy patrons who promised artistic freedom. Man Ray sailed to the "City of Light" in 1921 joined Parisian Dada and Surrealist circles and became intimate associates with Pablo Picasso Max Ernst and other leading artists. He pursued fashion and portrait photography creating a pantheon of the city's cultural life. "As a photographer I was in demand" Ray explained to John Bainbridge a writer at The New Yorker. "I was like a doctor. Everybody needed me." Bolz To be photographed by Man Ray meant you had made it in the Parisian art world.<br /> <br /> Ray often said that Old Masters especially Hans Holbein the Younger Rembrandt and Vermeer inspired his portraits. "I. admired the respect with which they treated the proportions of human features" he wrote in an article published in Modern Photography magazine in November 1957. He also made considerable technological advancements in the field by creating "rayographs" photographic images composed of ordinary objects placed on photo sensitive paper exposed to light and developing solarization the process of tone reversal observed in cases of extreme overexposure. "I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint the things which already have an existence" Ray said. Schwarz 10 Ray sought to create a sense of drama and mystery believing that his photography could transcend the mechanical nature of a camera.<br /> <br /> When photographing his friends and colleagues Ray's emotional and psychological insights allowed him to expose the soul of each subject. One such subject and friend was Pablo Picasso. Man Ray and Picasso met in 1921 in Paris. They became friends through their connection to Surrealism spending holidays together and collaborating on creative pursuits. In his autobiography Man Ray described Picasso: "He gave me the impression of a man who was aware of all that was going on about him and in the world in general a man who reacted violently to all impacts but had only one outlet to express his feelings: painting." Man Ray 177 The intensity and awareness that Man Ray described is masterfully captured in his portraits of the painter.<br /> <br /> This photo we have on offer is from Man Ray's renowned series of Picasso portraits and coincided with the publication of the first volume of Picasso's catalogue raisonné reflecting the critical position Picasso's work occupied in the French artistic establishment. In this monumental photograph from 1932 Man Ray unusually presented Picasso in an open trench coat over his jacket and tie. Choosing to shoot this portrait in profile he captured Picasso's pensive expression. Ray used a bold lighting effect and an unadorned background so as not to detract from the subject. Picasso is slightly out-of-focus creating a subtle softness. The print is also on thin tissue-like paper creating texture and depth. Man Ray was famous for experimenting with different types of paper for his prints. This 1932 Portrait of Picasso was selected for Man Ray's seminal 1934 album which included his most important photographs. This print has the Man Ray stamps M28 and M30 on the reverse and was lot 487 from the sale of the "Estate of Juliet Man Ray The Man Ray Trust and the Family of Juliet Man Ray" Sotheby's March 22 and 23 1995. <br /> <br /> Man Ray and Picasso remained close confidantes after this collaboration and during the summer of 1937 Man Ray filmed his friends including Pablo Picasso during a trip to the French Riviera. The result was On the French Riviera with Man Ray and Picasso a documentary film which portrayed the friendship of Picasso and Ray at the center of a close-knit community of artists.<br /> <br /> German occupation led Ray to leave Paris for the United States in 1940. He lived and worked in New York and Los Angeles returning to Paris in 1951 and resuming his friendship with Picasso and other artists. Ray died in Paris in 1976 yet his creativity and innovative techniques which demonstrate the distinctive cultural landscape of Paris during the interwar period had a substantial influence on contemporary art. Contributing to magazines like Vogue Vanity Fair and Harper's Bazaar he paved the way for Richard Avedon Annie Leibovitz and other artistic photographers. Ray achieved international recognition for his photography which he elevated to an art form. On May 14 2022 Man Ray's Le Violon d'Ingres 1924 sold for $12.4 million setting a new world record as the most expensive photograph ever sold at auction.<br /> <br /> He was a masterful portraitist renowned for capturing the essence of his subject's personality and mood. This collaboration between two of the most prolific creative and eclectic artists of the twentieth century had truly spectacular results.<br /> <br /> Provenance: Sotheby's London 22nd and 23rd March 1995 Lot 487: "Property of the Estate of Juliet Man Ray The Man Ray Trust and the Family of Juliet Man Ray."<br /> <br /> Image/Print Size: 6 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. Elegantly framed with wooden frame under UV-protecting museum glass to an overall size of 20 ½ x 24 ½ inches.<br /> <br /> Paris: 1932; printed later. Silver print on thin paper. With Man Ray stamps on reverse: M28 and M30 - 'Man Ray 31 bis Rue Campagne Première Paris XIVe' and with the copyright stamp ADAGP. Fine condition. <br /> <br /> <br /> References:<br /> <br /> Diane M. Bolz. "Visual Moment: Man Ray in Paris." Moment Magazine. Winter Issue 2022.<br /> <br /> The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Man Ray." Encyclopedia Britannica. 14 Nov. 2022.<br /> <br /> Arthur Lubow. Man Ray: The Artist and His Shadows. New Haven: Yale University Press 2021. <br /> <br /> Man Ray. Photographs by Man Ray: 1920 Paris 1934. Hartford: James Thrall Soby 1934. <br /> <br /> Man Ray. Self Portrait. London: Bloomsbury 1988.<br /> <br /> Man Ray and Jean-Hubert Martin. Man Ray Photographs. London: Thames and Hudson 1982.<br /> <br /> Arturo Schwarz. Man Ray: The Rigour of Imagination. London: Thames and Hudson 1977. <br /> <br /> Slate Photo. "Man Ray's Portraits." Slate Magazine. February 6 2013.<br /> <br /> Alden Whitman. "Man Ray is Dead in Paris at 86; Dadaist Painter and Photographer." The New York Times. November 19 1976. np unknown
19312428Paris: Ambroise Vollard 1931. First edition. No. 217 of 240 copies on Rives paper of a total edition of 305. 13 original etchings by Pablo Picasso and 67 wood engravings after drawings by the artist engraved by George Aubert. Bound in gray calf by Renée Haas and collaborators Renaud Vernier and Claude Ribal. Front and back covers with a black and gray inlaid checkerboard pattern with alternating gold squares mounted each cover with inlaid red line vertically zigzagging with white mirrored line throughout lettered in gilt on the spine; all edges gilt; red suede doublures gray suede endleaves; morocco-tipped slipcase with suede-lined chemise spine mirroring volume spine text. Original wrappers bound in. An excellent copy. <br /> <br /> The binding dated 2008 is the work of three hands: the designer Renée Haas and Renaud Vernier and Claude Ribal executors of the binding. According to the Pierre Bergé catalogue description of the binding on Matisse's Jazz executed by the same trio in 1983 "Renée Haas reserved her talents only for a few lucky collectors hence the rarity of her bindings on the market today."<br /> <br /> In 1926 Ambroise Vollard commissioned illustrations from Picasso for The Unknown Masterpiece a formidable Balzacian reflection on pictorial creation in which his "text declares his aesthetic faith in artists and their search for inspiration despite their struggles to reach their goals." Johnson Artists' Books in the Modern Era. And as Strachan notes "who better than Picasso could understand and convey the restlessness of an artist battling with the inexpressible" "The diversity yet harmony of Picasso's genius is represented here by the inclusion of both abstract and classical styles in a single volume. The wood-engravings reproduce Cubist figures still-lifes and the sparkling 'constellation drawings' of 1926 while the etchings are classical in character combining pure line with cross-hatching." Garvey The Artist and the Book One of the most important livres d'artistes of the twentieth century; as Chapon notes "un des ouvrages qui fait le plus honneur à Vollard reste Le Chef-d'oeuvre Inconnu."<br /> <br /> Goeppert-Cramer Picasso no. 20; Hyza et. al. Picasso et le livre d'artiste pp. 56-57 ; Garvey The Artist and the Book 1860-1960 no. 225; Garvey & Wick The Arts of the French Book 1900-1965 no. 18; Johnson Artists' Books in the Modern Era no. 54; Mellby Splendid Pages p. 209; Coron De Goya à Max Ernst pp. 255-262; From Manet to Hockney 92; Skira Anthologie du Livre Illustré par les Peintures et Sculpteurs 293; Strachan The Artist and the Book in France pp. 60-62 339; Chapon Le Peintre et le Livre pp. 57 74-78 281. Carteret Le trésor du bibliophile: livres illustrés modernes 1875 à 1945 vol. 4 p. 51. Ambroise Vollard unknown
194048600Paris.: Le Degré Quarante et Un. 1940. Loose as issued in original publisher's printed parchment wrappers over card boards with title in black to upper cover original tan patterned paper board chemise and matching slipcase with label with 'ILIAZD / PICASSO' in blue ink to edge. Oblong 4to. 215 x 320 mm. Half-title original aquatint with 'arabesque' title leaf with justification in Russian verso leaf with justification in French leaf with title in French verso leaf with title in Russian leaf with original aquatint with second 'arabesque' and Iliazd's verse in Russian in double columns illustrated with 4 engravings with burin by Picasso final leaf with achevé d'imprimer in Russian. The first of Iliazd's beautiful and typographically inventive illustrated books and the first he produced with Picasso.From the edition limited to 64 copies on 'Montval à la cuve' signed by Picasso and Iliazd in pencil. 'Afat was the first of nine books Iliazd and Picasso collaborated on. All of them were published under the imprint of 'Degré Quarante et Un' a name Iliazd chose in memory of a school of futurist poetry called the 'University of the 41º' which he had founded in Tiflis in 1917 . Afat is a collection of 76 sonnets in Russian by Iliazd the majority of which were written between January and June 1938. In his poems Iliazd writes of love of feminine beauty of the poet's difficult métier and the hidden meaning of words. Three sonnets are about the poet's relationship to 'Pablo' Picasso.' Patrick Cramer.'Afat . contained features that would become signature elements of his work. The book was structured as a whole . The sequencing and number of pages were ordered by a mathematical scheme. The image was not linked to directly to the text thematically or physically and the interaction produced a dialogue rather than subordinating one to the other as illustration and / or caption. The sequence of blank sheets title half title and justification of the edition were laid out symmetrically so that the closing of the book echoed the opening . The typographic style was restrained and the pages produce subtle equilibrium instead of dynamic activity - no confusion no clamor no crowding no elaborate display faces. The sole decoration on the cover was the stamped title Afat a term that invokes unhappiness / and / or beauty that causes it rendered in kufic . With this work Iliazd's architectural approach to book structure with strong emphasis on symmetry and balance made its appearance.' Johanna Drucker.Cramer 33; see Johanna Drucker's 'Iliazd - A Meta-Biography of a Modernist' 2020 pp. 146 - 147. Le Degré Quarante et Un. hardcover
1960180667Paris: Atelier Crommelynck 1960. Printed and published by Atelier Crommelynck with their blind stamp lower right. Edition of 300. Signed in pencil lower right by Picasso. Etching and aquatint printed in colours on Arches wove paper all edges deckled. Plate size 32.5 x 43.7 cm. Sheet size: 50 x 66 cm. Framed size: 698 x 792 mm. Presented in a handmade black gesso and white gold frame with conservation acrylic glazing. Excellent condition. unknown
1971N - 2024 - 120<p>Paris Éditions de l'atelier Crommelynck 1971. La tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea known as La Celestina novel attributed to Fernando de Rojas published in 1499 illustrated by Picasso with 66 etchings with aquatints dated in plate between April 11 and August 19 1968 unsigned. The etchings done for la Celestine are part of the 347 series Picasso worked to the etchings almost daily with Aldo and Pietro Crommelynck at their atelier in Mougins using different techniques. After the impressions were pulled 66 etchings were chosen by Picasso to illustrate La Celestine. The character of La Celestine was first portrayed by Picasso on a painting in 1903. Limited numbered editions in 400 copies on Richard de Bas laid paper watermarked La Celestine. Copy n 48 signed on justification page by Picasso in pencil. Bound in parchment board protective jacket and slipcase. Ref: Cramer 149. Complete and in very good condition.</p> Éditions de l'atelier Crommelynck hardcover
1950154025Paris & New York: L'Image Littéraire & R. Finelli-Feugère 1950. With an additional suite of Braque colour separations First edition first printing number 29 of 150 copies signed by all the artists and authors with each print numbered and signed by the respective artist and Robert Rey. This copy with an additional suite of 46 sheets with colour separations of Braque's print housed in separate wrappers lettered in black. The print titles included are: Braque "Nature morte au huitres"; Brianchon La neige a auteuil; Chagall La sirène; Desnoyer Liseuses au bord de mer; Dufy Le casino de la jetée a Nice; Laurencin Portrait de femme en rouge; Matisse Nature morte au magnolia; Picasso La cassarole Émaillée; Utrillo Le jardin de Montmagny; Van Dongen Tête de femme; Vlaminck Les blés dans la perche; and Waroquier Dolori sacrum. Folio. 12 colour woodcuts after each of the artists printed on Van Gelder Zonen wove paper with one edge untrimmed. Sheet sizes: 46.5 x 36 cm. Unbound sheets printed on Van Gelder Zonen wove paper in white wrappers titles to front cover in red. With glassine dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's blue morocco clamshell box titles to front cover and spine gilt. All contained in the original card packing box. Closed tear to front wrapper and glassine hinge of clamshell box split minor foxing in places otherwise a bright unfaded set. unknown
1964181688Paris: Galerie Louise Leiris 1964. Printed by Pennequin for Atelier Crommelynck. Edition of 50. Soft ground etching and aquatint in colours on Auverne Richard de Bas watermarked wove paper all edges untrimmed. Signed in pencil lower right by Picasso numbered lower left. Plate size 59.7 x 42.6 cm. Sheet size: 57.6 x 78.6 cm. Framed size: 98 x 78.5 cm. Presented in a black gesso and white gold frame with conservation acrylic glazing. Very minor spotting to margins otherwise a bright clean image. Baer 1168. Bloch 1168B. unknown
1971166837Paris: Éditions de l'Atelier Crommelynck 1971. 66 original Picasso etchings First edition first printing number 36 of 350 copies signed by the artist. La Celestina a major work of Spanish literature first printed in 1499 here translated by Pierre Heugas was illustrated by Picasso as part of the famous 347 series for which Picasso etched 347 plates between March to October 1968 all printed by the Crommelynck brothers. Octavo. With 66 full page original etchings and aquatints of varying sizes dated between 11 April and 18 August 1968 printed on Richard-de-Bas laid paper with La Célestine watermark. Original full parchment boards lettering to front cover in black. Parchment and paper dust jacket lettering to spine in black. Housed in a parchment covered slipcase. Housed in a black cloth flat-back box by the Chelsea Bindery. A fine copy in a fine slipcase. Cramer Illustrated Books No. 140; Bloch 1602. hardcover
1959149973Paris: Galerie Louise Leiris 1959. Edition of 50. Signed in pencil lower right by Picasso numbered lower left. Linocut printed in black mauve brown and beige on Arches wove paper. Image size 53 x 63.8cm. Sheet size 62 x 75cm. Framed size: 85.5 x 95.3 cm. Small closed tear to extreme lower edge not affecting the image and hidden by the mount otherwise in excellent condition. Presented in a black gesso and gilt frame. Bloch 937; Baer 1241. unknown
1955147884Paris: Galerie Louise Leires 1955. Signed by Picasso Edition of 50. Signed in pencil lower right by Picasso numbered lower left. Aquatint and drypoint on vélin d'Arches watermarked wove paper all edges untrimmed. Plate size: 64.6 x 49.7 cm. Sheet size: 76.5 x 57 cm. Framed size: 105 x 88 cm. Paper toned hinging tape to upper edge and corners of verso otherwise bright. Presented in a white gold frame with conservation acrylic glazing. Bloch 771; Baer 927. unknown
1950331546Paris: Fragrance 1950. Limited. unbound. fine. Picasso. Ten Poems by the West Indian Martinique poet Aime Cesaire together with an abundance of finely printed illustrations by Picasso: an etched title on the cover a fine original etching/drypoint portrait frontispiece 10 aquatints each illustrating a poem title and 20 drypoint engravings all on Montval wove paper with a "Corps Perdu" watermark. Folio. Folded sheets loose as issued in original white printed paper wrappers; housed in a vellum-backed orange board chemise and orange board slipcase. One skillfully mended repair on rear paper wrapper otherwise an immaculate copy in very fine condition.<br/> <br/> Limited first edition. From a total printing of 219 copies there are five distinct variants on different papers but this is perhaps the most special iteration of this unusual book -- not listed on the limitation page -- being number I of only III copies reserved for the artist himself; inscribed by Picasso in blue & red pencil on the limitation page to Felia Leal a close friend and the publisher of this edition and containing an entire extra suite of all 32 plates printed on Vieux Japon in a folder which Picasso has handwritten "Suite de Corps Perdu Picasso" in blue pencil. <BR> <BR> Cesaire was the "figurehead of the 1930s Negritude movement in France a group of writers who hoped to foster a sense of shared heritage throughout the African diaspora reasserting their identities in opposition to Western colonial perspectives" MoMA. Picasso became friendly with Cesaire when they met in Poland at the 1948 Communist-led World Congress of Intellectuals for Peace and they soon collaborated on this important book. Cesaire wrote the poems intertwined surrealistic pieces that explore themes related to dreams the unconscious and the irrational. A powerful surrealist exploration of the colonial legacy of dispossession and violence calling for a radical renewal of identity through the reclamation of the "lost body" of the black individual and collective and Picasso created the spare drawings a fusion of male and female sexual organs with plant and insect-inspired forms evocative of the Cuban painter Wilfredo Lam. -- Bloch 632-633; Baer 840-871; Cramer 56. <BR> <BR> "Crowned Poet" the excellent frontispiece was used for the poster for the first Congress of Black Writers and Artists organized by Presence Africaine at the Sorbonne in 1956.<br/> <br/> Fragrance unknown
