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1962D17822Monaco: Éditions du Rocher 1962. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Inscribed and signed by Cocteau for editor Jean Denoël with a drawing at the front and signed by Picasso and Cocteau on the colophon. Among a number of copies on Rives reserved for collaborators from a total edition of 255. 24 original lithographs 11 of them hors-texte including the front wrapper and 2 double-page by Picasso printed in black by Mourlot. Folio contents loose as issued in original wrappers with cut-out design revealing title on front cover; 1/4 calf gilt-backed chemise and board slipcase split. Contents are fine. Prospectus laid in. "On the occasion of Picasso's 80th birthday Pierre Bertrand who was Cocteau's publisher assembled eleven of the poet's texts which reflected his friendship with Picasso. The latter illustrated these texts with 24 lithographs some of which are drawn in Cocteau-esque style "---Cramer 117; Monod 292; Bloch 1037-1060. <br/><br/> Éditions du Rocher paperback books
1996129565Kornfeld Et Klipstein & Editions Kornfeld. As New. 1996. Hardcover. 3857730269 . - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - Complete seven 7 volume set - Catalogue Raisonné Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonnee Complete Works Kornfeld Et Klipstein & Editions Kornfeld hardcover
196974883<p>After Pablo Picasso<br />One plate from Les Portraits Imaginaires 1969<br />Lithograph in colors on Arches paper with printed signature as issued<br />Numbered A126 / 250 from the America edition <br />Printed by Marcel Salinas<br />Published by Éditions Cercle D'art<br />Sheet size: 66 x 50 cm<br />Frame size: 87 x 71.5 x 3 cm</p>
196974884<p>After Pablo Picasso<br />One plate from Les Portraits Imaginaires 1969<br />Lithograph in colors on Arches paper with printed signature as issued<br />Numbered F18 / 250 from the French edition with the blindstamp of the publisher/printer<br />Printed by Marcel Salinas<br />Published by Éditions Cercle D'art<br />Sheet size: 66 x 50 cm<br />Frame size: 76.5 x 61 x 2.5 cm</p>
196874908<p>PABLO PICASSO Spanish 1881-1973</p><p>Petit visage barbu A.R. 557</p><p>Verso impressed "Madoura Plein Feu" and "Empreinte Originale de Picasso"<br />Hand-numbered "J139A 9/100"<br />Size 17.2 X 17.2 cm</p><p>Partially glazed and engraved terracotta plaque <br />Conceived in December 1968 - January 1969 and executed in a numbered edition of 100</p>
195689529Cannes 1956. Fine. 'I continue my work with passion' Cannes 27 janvier 1956 21 x 27 cm un feuillet Autograph letter by Pablo Picasso to Max Pellequer vividly executed in multiple colours signed and dated by the artist 27 January 1956 addressed from his villa La Californie. Fourteen lines written in green blue pink orange red violet and turquoise pencil on a watermarked BFK Rives sheet.A few negligible transverse folds as expected from mailing. Picasso did not regularly employ colour in his correspondence. Here however he seems to have offered a gracious gesture to his friend and banker Max Pellequer as the more visually striking his letters the more sought-after they become. To speak of his work Picasso turns to red pencil: je continue mon travail avec ardeur - a telling choice that conveys the fervour he wished to bring to his art. Although Picasso maintained a substantial correspondence letters written entirely in his own hand remain exceedingly scarce. As Laurence Madeline observes in her study of this private facet of the artists life: The inertia that paralyses Picasso who prefers his activity as an artist to that of a secretary renders the letters he does choose to write all the more essential and touching Picasso épistolier LHerne no. 106. From his home overlooking Cannes Picasso was assisted by his devoted secretary and childhood companion Jaume Sabartés who penned many of the artists letters - except those destined for Pellequer. To him Picasso wrote every message himself however trivial in a generous flowing script playing with letters and words as though they were graphic elements arranged in an aesthetic dialogue across the sheet far removed from the sobriety of the text. His artistic impulse seems to have seeped into even his most routine administrative exchanges with his banker and impassioned collector. Part of the Picasso-Pellequer correspondence is held today by the Musée national Picasso in Paris. A singular recipient Max Pellequer banker and collector was introduced to Pablo Picasso in 1914 by his uncle by marriage André Level. He quickly emerged as one of the artists foremost collectors and in time became Picassos financial adviser for over three decades. Pellequers engagement with Picassos oeuvre began in the 1910s notably through a bronze jester acquired from Ambroise Vollard. During the 1930s and 1940s he became Picassos personal banker safeguarding the artists wealth and facilitating his comfortable establishment in the South of France. Their friendship was lifelong and intensely collaborative. Among other commissions Picasso executed a splendid copper ex-libris for Pellequer; Pellequer purchased paintings such as Cézannes La mer à LEstaque Musée Picasso Paris; and Picasso reciprocated with gifts of several works. A discerning and avid collector Pellequer assembled one of the finest collections of modern masterworks - Degas Dufy Gauguin Léger Matisse Miró Modigliani and Utrillo - today preserved in major international museums. The epistolary art of Picasso Picassos correspondence served as an outlet for his relentless creative energy expressed across ceramics sculpture photography illustrations collages and poetry. Every letter provided a space for the emergence of genius irrespective of the prosaic content of his exchanges with Pellequer. To counterbalance such banality Picasso took care to arrange his letters diagonally across the page enlivening them with colour from pastels felt pens or coloured pencils. Letters numerals words and sentences became visual and musical elements animated by the painters imaginative force. A striking and vividly visual illustration of Picassos imperative for total self-expression manifested through his correspondence with one of his closest friends and advisers. unknown
1943208661Robert-J. Godet éditeur 1943. Number 23 of 25 such copies. Paperback. Bound book is VG with expected age-toning to the solid covers. Accompanying suite is as good as can be hoped for with the thin paper printed wraps broken at the spine and the 18 prints most with acidic sheets between that are printed on low-quality acidic paper solid clean with a noted printing smudge on one about 1/10 an inch in size and undamaged but wanting some conservation or de-acidification. Again in case you have not noted otherwise THE BLACK AND WHITE SIGNED ETCHING is lacking but the limitation page is signed by both Hugnet and Picasso and there is a unique collage by Hugnet to noted collectors on the half-title. Thick wrapped cardstock glued covers with printed lettering in black and green. Unpaginated 38 pp with the 6 zincographs bound in and then containing in a separate folder a suite of 3 copies each in a different color of the 6 bound zincograph plates from the book. LACKS THE BLACK AND WHITE ETCHING but contains a custom-designed and signed presentation collage by Georges Hugnet to Nannette and Herbert Rothschild on the half-title with painted design and applied materials dated April 9 1956. First edition printed in 525 numbered copies: 25 on Arches vellum signed by the author and illustrator. This is one of the first 25 copies on Arches vellum signed by the author and the painter with the set of three engraving colors red ochre and blue-green in the separate suite and 1 original etching by Pablo Picasso SIGNED ETCHING IS NOT PRESENT IN THIS COPY. The justification indicates: "the illustrations were etched by Pablo Picasso in order to be printed in the text through common typographic means. The etching meant only for the first prints is one of six illustrations printed in intaglio on Roger Lacouriere's printing press." An additional 500 regular copies with no suite and no etching on Lafuma plus VI author's copies on arches and III nominatives on bristol. The request to insert by Paul Eluard is entitled "Pour Georges Hugnet" 1 p. and is present as called for. Also contains some other laid-in items including a dated 1956 photograph of Hugnet along with a lithographed invitation to an exhibition of graphics by Hugnet at Galerie Furstenberg dated 1954 contains a colored illustration on the right inside panel and a printed belly-band of unknown relation to the artist or publication. Robert-J. Godet éditeur paperback
19591719Alès, PAB, 1959. Un volume In-8° (232 x 175 mm), broché, couverture de papier bleu orné de papiers découpés (pour chaque exemplaire l'artiste a fait un découpage particulier et dessiné les étoiles à l'encre de Chine). 2 POINTES SÈCHES ORIGINALES EN BLEU, hors-texte à pleine page. Édition originale de ce court et spirituel poème pour enfant. Édition totale à 35 exemplaires + 5 HC, celui-ci bien signé à l'encre par l'auteur, l'artiste et l'éditeur au colophon.
1955855571955. Fine. 20 décembre 1955 26.80 x 20.90 cm un feuillet Multi-colored autograph letter to Max Pellequer Elegant multi-colored autograph letter by Pablo Picasso to Max Pellequer signed and dated 'December 20 1955'. A leaf in multi-color pencil blue green orange and red. Traces of transverse folds. This ""graphic"" letter in the most literal sense constitutes a superb polychrome and artistic link in an epistolary chain that linked Picasso and his prominent patron for decades. Despite his prolific correspondence Picasso's entirely autographed letters are extremely rare as Laurence Madeline points out in her article on the confidential activity of the great artist:The inertia paralyzing Picasso who preferred his work as an artist to that of a secretary made the letters he took pleasure in writing more essential and more touching Laurence Madeline Picasso épistolier L'Herne no. 106. Living on the hills over Cannes the painter was indeed helped by his faithful secretary and childhood friend Jaume Sabartés who was responsible for writing numerous missives save a few correspondents notably Pellequer. Picasso wrote each of Pellequer's letters even the most insignificant in an ample voluptuous script playing with letters and words as graphic objects blending aesthetically in the space of the page in perfect contrast to the prosaic nature of the letter's content. It could even be argued that his artistic soul largely invaded his daily and administrative correspondence with his banker and ardent collector of his works. Part of their correspondence is kept at the National Picasso Museum in Paris. An extraordinary recipient. Banker and collector Max Pellequer was introduced to Picasso in 1914 by his uncle by marriage André Level. He quickly became one of Picasso's most important collectors and his financial advisor for over 30 years. Pellequer's interest in his art began as early as the 1910's when he purchased a Picasso bronze from the art dealer Ambroise Vollard. During the 1930s and 1940s as Picasso's personal banker he secured and enhanced the painter's wealth and allowed him to settle comfortably in the South of France. Picasso created a superb ex-libris on copper for him bought him paintings including La mer à L'Estaque by Cézanne now in the Picasso museum and offered him a few works. Pellequer assembled a vast collection of paintings by the great masters of modern art: Degas Raoul Dufy Paul Gauguin Fernand Léger Henri Matisse Joan Miró Modigliani and Maurice Utrillo today preserved in the most important international museums. The epistolary art of Picasso. Picasso's epistolary production acted as an outlet for his incessant creative energy which was expressed in ceramics sculptures photographs illustrations collages or poetry. Each letter was an opportunity for genius to blossom regardless of the administrative content of his exchanges with Pellequer. Perhaps to counteract the dullness of his work Picasso redoubled his efforts: an explosion of color calligraphic letters across the page. to conjure up beauty and adorn his words in shimmering hues using oil pastels black felt-tip pens or colored pencils.These alphabet letters numbers words and sentences placed on the paper like so many musical scales are literally brought to life by the creative power of the painter. The years of La Californie in Cannes. Living with Jacqueline Roque in the villa La Californie at the time of this letter the painter was producing a series of captivating lithographed portraits of his partner. Paradoxically this colorful letter corresponds to a very monochrome period of his work a superb counterpart to the black washes on zinc. Matisse with whom Pellequer also corresponded had died a month earlier. A very beautiful and visual illustration of Picasso's need for total expression through his correspondence with one of his close advisors and friends. unknown
19601535Paris, Jean Hugues, 1960. Un volume petit in-4 (195 x 142 mm) broché. 31 pages + fnch., couverture blanche imprimée rempliée. Édition originale de ce recueil de quatorze poèmes en prose précédés d'un prologue par René Cazelles. L'ouvrage est orné d'UNE LITHOGRAPHIE ORIGINALE EN COULEURS DE JOAN MIRO. Tirage : 25 ex. avec la lithographie en trois états + 50 ex. avec la lithographie à l'état définitif + tirage typographique courant de 300 ex. tous sur Arches. Notre exemplaire est l' 1 des 25 de tête (n° 14) comprenant, sur un cahier dépliant formant triptyque, LA LITHOGRAPHIE EN 3 ÉTATS SIGNÉE AUX CRAYONS DE COULEUR ET JUSTIFIÉE 3/25 sur le deuxième volet : 1er état couleurs, 2ème état avec des modifications dans l'encadrement et ajout d'étoiles, 3ème état avec modification des couleurs et ajout d'un gaufrage. La typographie est dûe à l'imprimerie Union et le tirage de la lithographie à Mourlot. René Cazelles, ami de René Char, fut publié par Guy Lévy-Mano, Pierre-André Benoit, Aimé Maeght, Jean Hugues…
194364141943 Zurich, Édité par Louis Grosclaude, 1943. En feuillets sous chemise rempliée: 25 x 33.5 cm, [2] pl., 32-[2] pp., 14 pl. + 14 pl. Édition illustrée de 14 dessins originaux de Picasso gravés sur cuivre par les établissements Haefli et Cie, tirés par Christian Bischel. Tirage limité à 350 exemplaire, tous signés par l'éditeur. Le nôtre est un des 100 exemplaires de tête sur Japon impérial contenant une suite sur chine des 14 gravures (nr. 68). De plus, notre exemplaire est truffé de 2 gravures tirées en sanguine sur vélin. Comprend une présentation de l'éditeur et 14 poèmes de Sappho mis à disposition par la bibliothèque nationale suisse. Étui-chemise d'éditeur. Dos lisse en parchemin avec auteur en doré. Magnifique exemplaire de ce rarissime ensemble avec la SUITE, très frais. Envoi de photographies sur demande.
19675281Pablo Picasso - Hélène Parmelin. Saint-Paul-de-Vence Au Vent d'Arles 1967. Limited edition one of 500 numbered copies. Portfolio with 15 pochoirs by Jacomet of drawins watercolors and wash-drawings by Picasso complete of title text colophon and table of contents printed in Verge d'Auvergne corail paper and the 15 pochoirs printed in Auvergne Richard de Bas paper all guarded in the original cloth folder. IN ORIGINAL SHIPPING CASE Au Vent d'Arles. hardcover books
196294703Monaco: Editions du Rocher 1962. Signed limited folio edition of original lithographs by Pablo Picasso reproducing his major works between 1916 and 1961 and produced by Jean Cocteau upon the occasion of Picasso's 80th birthday. One of only 199 copies signed by both Picasso and Cocteau this is number 46. Folio loose leaves as issued in the original pictorial wrappers lithographic frontispiece and 22 original lithographs by Picasso 6 of which are full page and 2 of which are double-page. In fine condition. Housed in the original vellum-backed portfolio with gilt titles to the spine and original slipcase. Rare and desirable linking two great artists of the 20th century. Picasso and Cocteau met in 1916 towards the end of World War I at the height of Picasso's synthetic cubism period. The period marked the first use of collage in the history of fine art and the series depicted highly geometric and minimalist Cubist objects mainly pipes guitars and glasses. Picasso and Cocteau would later collaborate on several projects including the present volume which offers an overarching collection of Picasso's diverse periods from Cubism to Picasso's late years. Editions du Rocher hardcover books
19645267PICASSO. Le Carmen des Carmen. With three aquatints one drypoint and one lithograph in color by Picasso. La Bibliothèque Française Paris 1949 Editeurs Français Réunis Paris 1964. Portfolio with three aquatints one dry point and one lithograph in colors by Picasso loose as issued complete of title justification page and text with numerous illustrations and border decorations also by Picasso. Signed by Picasso and Aragon on the justification page; one of 245 copies on Arches wove paper well preserved in the original publisher box. Total edition 275 copies. Reference Bloch. 1000-1005; Cramer books 126. Editeurs Français Réunis hardcover books
191878956Mercure de France | Paris 1918 | 14.50 x 23 cm | relié
195768709Louis Broder | Paris 1957 | 13.50 x 16.50 cm | relié sous chemise et étui
19573181Henri Jonquières, Paris 1957. Un volume in-folio (387 x 292 mm) en feuilles sous couverture imprimée rempliée, chemise-étui de l'éditeur. Fac-similé de l'exemplaire enluminé et offert par Picasso à Dora Maar (édition Fabiani 1942) reproduisant l'ensemble des dessins originaux. Tirage à 2226 exemplaires : 226 sur vélin d'Arches comprenant une gravure à la gouge signée + 2000 sur vélin du Marais. Celui-ci exemplaire de luxe (n° 140) comportant LA LINOGRAVURE ORIGINALE gravée en 1939 et signée au crayon de couleur (vert) par PICASSO. Notre épreuve, imprimée sur une feuille de vélin d'Arches (37,5 x 28,2 cm), porte la justification 140/226 au crayon noir et la signature au crayon vert. La signature au crayon de couleur est très recherchée des amateurs. Catalogues raisonnés : Bloch 326 ; Baer 1028 ; Cramer Les Livres illustrés 84 ; MoMA 1017.1964.1-2.
195148786Paris.: Cercle d'art. 1951. Original publisher's printed wrappers with titles to front cover in black. 4to. 285 x 228 mm. With original lithograph by Picasso and 29 lithographs after Picasso drawings printed by Mourlot. The édition de tête with Picasso's original lithograph.From the edition limited to 150 copies with the original lithograph; this copy exceptionally signed by Picasso in pencil and with the collector's mark WDB.The book published the 29 drawing Picasso made of variations on the theme of peace for the 30th Anniversary of the French Communist Party.Mourlot 203; Cramer 62. Cercle d'art. unknown
1996C129566Kornfeld Et Klipstein & Editions Kornfeld. As New. 1996. Hardcover. 3857730269 .CORRESPONDES TO ISBN: 3857730269/ INCLUDES VOLUMES 1 - VII PLUS ADDENDUM - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Catalogue Raisonné Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonnee Complete Works One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Il Ill IV V VI VII 2 3 4 5 6 7 -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Kornfeld Et Klipstein & Editions Kornfeld hardcover
19342502007The Limited Editions Club 1934. signed limited. hardcover. fine. SIGNED Limited edition 1/1500. This being #316. Signed by Picasso. Book fine stiff cover near fine with two small teats to bottom of spine. In very good slipcase partial tears to bottom part. The Limited Editions Club unknown
19601338Pablo Picasso Spanish 1881 - 1973<br /><br /><b>Vallauris Exposition 1960</b><br /><br />Linocut on Arches Bloch 1290 signed in pencil "Picasso. " 1 of 170 copies. Image Size: 25 x 21 inches. Size: 29.5 in. x 24.5 in. 74.93 cm x 62.23 cm.<br /><br />In the late 1940s Picasso became interested in ceramics. He wanted to design a ceramic form that could be produced in a small limited edition just as he would produce a print on paper.<br /><br />In 1953 Picasso met artist Jacqueline Roque at Madoura Pottery in Vallauris where she worked. Together they created his ceramics. In 1961 they married and moved to Mougins France where Picasso continued creating ceramics until his death in 1973.<br /><br />Annually he created a poster to advertise his show and sale of new ceramics. This run of posters included a small signed limited edition on special paper as here. Nicely framed. Picasso books
29341Paris Louis Broder coll. « Écrits et Gravures » n° 2 24 octobre 1956. 1 vol. 185 x 250 mm de 126 p. 8 f. En feuilles sous couverture illustrée chemise illustrée et étui de l'éditeur. . Édition originale posthume du texte de Max Jacob considéré comme ses « Mémoires ». Elle est illustrée par Pablo Picasso de 3 lithographies originales en couleurs et en noir étui couverture et portrait-frontispice 3 pointes-sèches originales et 24 dessins inédits gravés sur bois par Georges Aubert qui rappellent les illustrations du Chef-d’œuvre inconnu. Tirage unique à 170 exemplaires sur vergé de Montval celui-ci un des 30 numérotés en chiffres romains auxquels sont joints 2 états de la lithographie pour l’étui exemplaire n° II signé par Picasso. . Max Jacob livre ici un témoignage de premier ordre celui de ses souvenirs littéraires et artistiques de Montmartre. Il rencontre Pablo Picasso en 1901 à Paris et s'en suit une fraternelle amitié qui fait de lui le témoin quasi quotidien du travail de Picasso désigné comme son héros aux côtés d'Apollinaire lorsqu'il doit écrire sur l'époque de la rue Ravignan. À la mort du marchand Paul Guillaume sa veuve lui demande une préface à un volume des mémoires de son mari. C'est ce projet qui est l'acte fondateur du texte et deviendra ce récit fondamental sur le cubisme : La Chronique des temps héroïques. On y croise outre Picasso et Apollinaire les futuristes et les avant-gardes du XXe siècle. Arrêté et déporté à Drancy où il périra le 5 mars 1944 Jacob ne verra jamais la publication de ces lignes rédigées en 1936-37. Louis Broder se chargera de l'édition d'après un manuscrit complet des huit chapitres et Pablo Picasso se fera un honneur de l'illustrer : il composera une lithographie sur papier report 3 pointes sèches et 2 lithographies en couleurs pour la couverture et l'étui ; 24 gravures sur bois dans le texte de Georges Aubert d'après les dessins de Picasso. Signalons qu'il existe un exemplaire unique sur japon réalisé pour Louis Broder. Il n'existe pas de témoignage aussi vivant et direct que celui-ci sur l'aventure de l'art moderne depuis la bohème montmartroise jusqu'aux frasques des années folles. Complet du bulletin de souscription. Habiles restaurations à la chemise-étui. Paris, Louis Broder, coll. « Écrits et Gravures », n° 2, (24 octobre) 1956. 1 vol. (185 x 250 mm) de 126 p., [8] f. En feuil unknown
195629341Trois lithographies et 24 dessins de Picasso Paris, Louis Broder, coll. « Écrits et Gravures », n° 2, (24 octobre) 1956. 1 vol. (185 x 250 mm) de 126 p., [8] f. En feuilles, sous couverture illustrée, chemise illustrée et étui de l'éditeur. Édition originale, posthume, du texte de Max Jacob considéré comme ses « Mémoires ». Elle est illustrée par Pablo Picasso de 3 lithographies originales en couleurs et en noir (étui, couverture et portrait-frontispice), 3 pointes-sèches originales et 24 dessins inédits gravés sur bois par Georges Aubert qui rappellent les illustrations du Chef-d’œuvre inconnu. Tirage unique à 170 exemplaires sur vergé de Montval, celui-ci un des 30 numérotés en chiffres romains, auxquels sont joints 2 états de la lithographie pour l’étui (exemplaire n° II), signé par Picasso.
195689529Cannes 27 janvier 1956 | 21 x 27 cm | un feuillet
195689526Cannes 1956. Fine. A polychrome and artistic link in an epistolary chain that linked Picasso to his prominent patron for decades Cannes 5 juin 1956 13.5 x 21 cm un feuillet Multi-coloured autograph letter from Pablo Picasso to Max Pellequer signed and dated by the artist on June 5 1956. The document includes the autograph address of his villa La Californie. Twelve lines in orange pink blue yellow and purple pencil on one sheet. Minor folds. A very elegant letter written in pastel colours by Pablo Picasso. Despite his prolific correspondence Picasso's entirely autographed letters are extremely rare as Laurence Madeline points out in her article on the confidential activity of the great artist:The inertia paralyzing Picasso who preferred his work as an artist to that of a secretary made the letters he took pleasure in writing more essential and more touching Laurence Madeline Picasso épistolier L'Herne no. 106. Living on the hills over Cannes the painter was indeed helped by his faithful secretary and childhood friend Jaume Sabartés who was responsible for writing numerous missives save a few correspondents notably Pellequer. Picasso wrote each of Pellequer's letters even the most insignificant in an ample voluptuous script playing with letters and words as graphic objects blending aesthetically in the space of the page in perfect contrast to the prosaic nature of the letter's content. It could even be argued that his artistic soul largely invaded his daily and administrative correspondence with his banker and ardent collector of his works. Part of their correspondence is kept at the National Picasso Museum in Paris. An extraordinary recipient. Banker and collector Max Pellequer was introduced to Picasso in 1914 by his uncle by marriage André Level. He quickly became one of Picasso's most important collectors and his financial advisor for over 30 years. Pellequer's interest in his art began as early as the 1910's when he purchased a Picasso bronze from the art dealer Ambroise Vollard. During the 1930s and 1940s as Picasso's personal banker he secured and enhanced the painter's wealth and allowed him to settle comfortably in the South of France. Picasso created a superb ex-libris on copper for him bought him paintings including La mer à L'Estaque by Cézanne now in the Picasso museum and offered him a few works. Pellequer assembled a vast collection of paintings by the great masters of modern art: Degas Raoul Dufy Paul Gauguin Fernand Léger Henri Matisse Joan Miró Modigliani and Maurice Utrillo today preserved in the most important international museums. The epistolary art of Picasso. Picasso's epistolary production acted as an outlet for his incessant creative energy which was expressed in ceramics sculptures photographs illustrations collages or poetry. Each letter was an opportunity for genius to blossom regardless of the administrative content of his exchanges with Pellequer. Perhaps to counteract the dullness of his work Picasso redoubled his efforts: an explosion of color calligraphic letters across the page. to conjure up beauty and adorn his words in shimmering hues using oil pastels black felt-tip pens or colored pencils.These alphabet letters numbers words and sentences placed on the paper like so many musical scales are literally brought to life by the creative power of the painter. The years of La Californie in Cannes. Living with Jacqueline Roque in the villa La Californie at the time of this letter the painter was producing a series of captivating lithographed portraits of his partner. Paradoxically this colorful letter corresponds to a very monochrome period of his work a superb counterpart to the black washes on zinc. Matisse with whom Pellequer also corresponded had died a month earlier. A very beautiful and visual illustration of Picasso's need for total expression through his correspondence with one of his close advisors and friends. unknown