The Pocket Picasso / Le Picasso de Poche
Picasso, Pablo. Duhamel, Marcel
(Paris). (Published by the Author). 1964
The édition de tête of 'The Pocket Picasso' - the facsimile of Picasso's gift for Marcel Duhamel -with the original signed engraving.
From the edition limited to 850 copies, with this one of 100 copies from the édition de tête with an original signed etching by Picasso, and one of 50 from the English edition; the 750 ordinary copies were also divided into English and French editions.
Picasso's original burin engraving, 'Peintre et Modèle', is printed on vélin d'Auvergne and is signed in blue ink and numbered from the edition of 100 in Roman numerals; the engraving was printed by Crommelynck, Paris.
The text and typography was by Imprimerie Union and the facsimile notebook by Daniel Jacomet, both in Paris.
'Picasso decorated a little notebook similar to the one he had used for the Carnet de la Tauromaquia ... Duhamel states that it was Picasso himself who encouraged him several years later, to publish the notebook.' (Patrick Cramer).
[Cramer 129; Baer 1177/B/b].
From the edition limited to 850 copies, with this one of 100 copies from the édition de tête with an original signed etching by Picasso, and one of 50 from the English edition; the 750 ordinary copies were also divided into English and French editions.
Picasso's original burin engraving, 'Peintre et Modèle', is printed on vélin d'Auvergne and is signed in blue ink and numbered from the edition of 100 in Roman numerals; the engraving was printed by Crommelynck, Paris.
The text and typography was by Imprimerie Union and the facsimile notebook by Daniel Jacomet, both in Paris.
'Picasso decorated a little notebook similar to the one he had used for the Carnet de la Tauromaquia ... Duhamel states that it was Picasso himself who encouraged him several years later, to publish the notebook.' (Patrick Cramer).
[Cramer 129; Baer 1177/B/b].
[Vol. 1: two pasted sheets pasted folded in accordion pleats; vol. 2: 59 pages]. 2 vols. 24mo. (104 x 134 mm). + 48mo. (100 x 75 mm). Facsimile notebook illustrated with colour drawings and decoration by Picasso, booklet with printed text in French by Duhamel and with one original burin engraving signed and numbered by Picasso in blue ink. Original publisher's printed cloth boards with colour decoration after Picasso and original grey wrappers with titles to front cover in burgundy, original envelope with colour decoration after Picasso and clear plastic slipcase with printed title in black to upper cover.
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