Pablo Picasso, Visage D'Homme Barbu, De Face (Cramer 84; Johnson/S. 77), 40 Dessins De Picasso En

Condition: Pre-Owned

Collotype on vlin du Marais paper.

Paper size: 14.5 x 11.125 inches.

Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued.

Catalogue raisonn reference: Goeppert, Sebastian, et al.

Pablo Picasso, the Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonn.

Patrick Cramer, 1983, illustration 84.

Johnson, Robert Flynn, et al.

Artists Books in the Modern Era 1870-2000: The Reva and David Logan Collection of Illustrated Books.

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Thames & Hudson, 2002, illustration 77.

Notes: From the album, 40 dessins de Picasso en marge du Buffon, 1957.

Published by Berggruen et Cie, Paris; printed by l'atelier de Georges Duval, January 1957.

Excerpted from the album (translated from French), Proposed by Henri Jonquires, this album was made under his direction.

The compositions, unpublished to date, were drawn on an example of the Buffon, published by Martin Fabiani, publisher in Paris, who has obligedly authorized the edition of the text and engraving planches.

The original album belongs to Dora Maar.

The printing of the plates was made in l'atelier de Duval, in Paris, and completed in January 1957, and that of the typography by l'imprimerie Priester Frres.

MMCCXXVI examples were shot, namely: CCXXVI examples on vlin la forme d'Arches, including an engraving la gouge originale de Picasso, signed by him and printed on la presse bras de Robert Blanchet, numbered from I to CCXXVI, and MM examples on vlin du Marais, numbered from CCXXVII to MMCCXXVI. In addition, non-commercial examples, numbered in Roman numerals, are reserved for the various collaborators.

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