€ 1.750,00
Chant Funebre pour Ignacio Sanchez Mejias
Loose sheets in wrappers with Picasso’s design printed in relief. This copy with an extra relief printed wrapper. In publishers black cloth clamshell box with gilt and red lettering. Poems by Federico Garcia Lorca in French and Portuguese. Illustrated by Picasso with 4 original full-page color lithographs, 10 monochrome woodcut illustrations in the text, and 5 (6) original embossed prints including the one on the (double) wrapper, all executed after Pablo Picasso. The 4 color lithographs are protected by tissue guards. The lithographs and the embossed prints are plate signed by Picasso. The woodcuts were engraved by Guy Descouens and printed by Pierre Jean Mathan. Inevitable light offsetting from the woodcuts. The original prints were printed on the presses of the Ateliers Desclais. This is number 152 of 220 copies printed on grand velin d’Arches, signed by the publisher. The total edition was 306 copies. Sheets measure 37 x 28 cm., the box measures 40,5 x 30,5 cm. Very fine copy.
€ 1.750,00
Chant Funebre pour Ignacio Sanchez Mejias
Loose sheets in wrappers with Picasso’s design printed in relief. This copy with an extra relief printed wrapper. In publishers black cloth clamshell box with gilt and red lettering. Poems by Federico Garcia Lorca in French and Portuguese. Illustrated by Picasso with 4 original full-page color lithographs, 10 monochrome woodcut illustrations in the text, and 5 (6) original embossed prints including the one on the (double) wrapper, all executed after Pablo Picasso. The 4 color lithographs are protected by tissue guards. The lithographs and the embossed prints are plate signed by Picasso. The woodcuts were engraved by Guy Descouens and printed by Pierre Jean Mathan. Inevitable light offsetting from the woodcuts. The original prints were printed on the presses of the Ateliers Desclais. This is number 152 of 220 copies printed on grand velin d’Arches, signed by the publisher. The total edition was 306 copies. Sheets measure 37 x 28 cm., the box measures 40,5 x 30,5 cm. Very fine copy.