Picasso. Toros. Portfolio with 15 pochoirs + one Signed and Numbered Lithograph by Picasso. 1960.

Pablo Neruda, Pablo Picasso. Edition Au Vent d Arles, Paris 1960. Portfolio with 15 pochoirs of Picasso original wash drawings, reproduced by Daniel Jacomet, portraying bullfighting and flamenco dancing. This copy also includes one lithograph on Richard de Bas wove dated "le 14.12.60." and is signed and numbered in pencil by Picasso. The lithograph depicts a lancing scene, and the same image was used on the poster for the exhibition in April-May, 1961, at Galerie Bellechasse, to present the 15 original wash drawings reproduced in the album. The drawings were done between July 1959 and June 1960, they accompany a Pablo Neruda poem titled 'Toro', translated by Jean Marcenac. Limited numbered edition of 520 copies printed in Velin d Arches paper, of which this is one of 50 with the signed and numbered lithograph. Each print is also numbered in pencil. Portfolio and signed lithograph bear a different number. Loose as issued, bound in a red satin portfolio, lightly worn, with a drawing after Picasso in black, linen flaps and tie-strings. Ref: Cramer 107.