Pablo Picasso as Book Illustrator
Marcel Duchamp is arguably the most influential artist of the twentieth century, but most would concur that Pablo Picasso was the greatest. In innovation and output, Picasso as a painter, sculptor, draftsman and printmaker was without equal. He was also one of the greatest book illustrators of the twentieth century. There are three books in each of the previous two galleries to represent his earlier work from the years 1911 to 1930. This gallery, containing forty-one volumes, represents his prodigious activity as a book illustrator over the final five decades of his life. Working in etching, engraving, drypoint, aquatint, lithography, and linoleum cut, Picasso explored a full array of artistic styles including Cubism, Classicism, Surrealism, and Expressionism.
25 Octobre 1961
Book with 1 drypoint on celluloid, printed on Arches wove paper; bound in light grey calf leather, covers are decorated with a cutout design.
Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973). Authors: Jean Hugo (French), René Char (French, 1907-1988), Michel Leiris (French), Joán Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983), Pierre André Benoit (French), Jacqueline Picasso (Spanish), Tristan Tzara (French (born Romania), 1896-1963). Published by: PAB (Pierre André Benoit, French), 1961.
Gift of the Reva and David Logan Foundation.
Picasso de 1916 a 1961 by Jean Cocteau
Book with 73 illustrations total: 24 transfer lithographs on mulberry bark paper with the duo watermark of “Picasso and Jean Cocteau/*â€.
Le Carmen des Carmen by Prosper Mérimée
Book with 5 illustrations total: 3 aquatints,1 drypoint, 1 transfer lithograph in color, and reproduction illustrations on Arches wove paper.
Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
Book with 1 transfer lithograph on Arches wove paper; bound in red satin covered boards, black satin ties, with title after Picasso on the front cover.
Pour Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler by Werner Spies
Book with 18 illustrations total: 9 lithographs on Rives wove paper; suite of 9 lithographs on Rives wove paper; book has blue cloth boards with gilt edges.
