A Suite of 180 Drawings by Picasso -- November, 28, 1953 - February, 3, 1954.; [American edition of Verve - Volume VIII, Nos. 29 & 30]
first edition hardcover
1954 · New York
by PICASSO, Pablo
New York: Harcourt, 1954. First. hardcover. very good(+). Picasso. Preface by Teriade, "Picasso and the Human Comedy" by Michel Leiris, and an appreciation by Rebecca West. Of the 180 illustrations, 16 are single-sided color lithographs printed by Mourlot Freres, and the remainder are double-sided heliogravures printed by Draeger Freres. Short folio, red pictorial boards (some light shelfwear and minor wear at outer joints) New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1954. First American edition. A very good(+) copy of this notoriously fragile book. All lithographs present and clean, save for the usual toning in margins from the tissue overlays. A double issue of Verve devoted solely to Picasso. (Inventory #: 288957)