Book Concluding With As A Wife Has A Cow. A Love Story
Orne De Lithographies Par Juan Gris
- SIGNED
- Paris: Editions de la Galerie Simon, 1926
Paris: Editions de la Galerie Simon, 1926. GRIS, Juan. . A Book Concluding With As A Wife Has A Cow. A Love Story.. Orne De Lithographies Par Juan Gris Paris: Editions de la Galerie Simon, 1926.
Full Description:
STEIN, Gertrude. GRIS, Juan, [artist]. A Book Concluding With As A Wife Has A Cow. A Love Story. Orne De Lithographies Par Juan Gris Paris: Editions de la Galerie Simon, 1926.
Limited edition, one of 90 copies printed on Arches paper and signed by Gertrude Stein and Juan Gris on the limitation page, from a total edition of 112. This copy being number 81. Small quarto (9 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches; 240 x 185 mm). 22 pp. With four lithographs by Juan Gris, one of which is in color. Title printed in red and black.
Publisher's printed paper wrappers. In the original glassine dust jacket. Glassine is lightly browned and chipping. A small closed tear repair to title-page, not affecting text. Some minor creasing to wrappers. Otherwise an about copy.
"Stein was an American novelist, born in 1874 into an affluent upper-middle-class Jewish family. She studied psychology and medicine before moving to Paris in 1904. There she became one of the foremost connoisseurs of modern art and an early champion of Cubism. She was especially close to Picasso, and it is likely that she met Gris sometime in 1910 through their mutual friend; however, she did not start collecting Gris's work until 1914, when she bought the first painting from the artist's gallerist, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler... ris valued Stein's feedback, and he trusted her taste in and opinions on art. They visited each other frequently and were known to engage in deep and intellectual conversations. She appreciated the artist especially for the exactitude of his Cubism and his intricate compositions. When Gris's sales and self-esteem were low, Stein tirelessly promoted his work by sending journalists to his studio, publishing texts about him, and collecting his works. In 1926 they collaborated on a project, with Gris contributing four lithographs to Stein's publication A Book Concluding with as a Wife Has a Cow: A Love Story... When Gris died in May 1927, Stein was heartbroken. Two months later, she published a personal epitaph in the magazine Transition. In her Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, Stein would later acknowledge Gris's importance to Cubism by elevating him to the same level as Picasso, where in her eyes he belonged: 'T]he only real cubism is that of Picasso and Juan Gris. Picasso created it and Juan Gris permeated it with his clarity and exaltation.'" (Christine Burger, Dallas Museum of Art).
HBS 69576.
$8,500.
Full Description:
STEIN, Gertrude. GRIS, Juan, [artist]. A Book Concluding With As A Wife Has A Cow. A Love Story. Orne De Lithographies Par Juan Gris Paris: Editions de la Galerie Simon, 1926.
Limited edition, one of 90 copies printed on Arches paper and signed by Gertrude Stein and Juan Gris on the limitation page, from a total edition of 112. This copy being number 81. Small quarto (9 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches; 240 x 185 mm). 22 pp. With four lithographs by Juan Gris, one of which is in color. Title printed in red and black.
Publisher's printed paper wrappers. In the original glassine dust jacket. Glassine is lightly browned and chipping. A small closed tear repair to title-page, not affecting text. Some minor creasing to wrappers. Otherwise an about copy.
"Stein was an American novelist, born in 1874 into an affluent upper-middle-class Jewish family. She studied psychology and medicine before moving to Paris in 1904. There she became one of the foremost connoisseurs of modern art and an early champion of Cubism. She was especially close to Picasso, and it is likely that she met Gris sometime in 1910 through their mutual friend; however, she did not start collecting Gris's work until 1914, when she bought the first painting from the artist's gallerist, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler... ris valued Stein's feedback, and he trusted her taste in and opinions on art. They visited each other frequently and were known to engage in deep and intellectual conversations. She appreciated the artist especially for the exactitude of his Cubism and his intricate compositions. When Gris's sales and self-esteem were low, Stein tirelessly promoted his work by sending journalists to his studio, publishing texts about him, and collecting his works. In 1926 they collaborated on a project, with Gris contributing four lithographs to Stein's publication A Book Concluding with as a Wife Has a Cow: A Love Story... When Gris died in May 1927, Stein was heartbroken. Two months later, she published a personal epitaph in the magazine Transition. In her Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, Stein would later acknowledge Gris's importance to Cubism by elevating him to the same level as Picasso, where in her eyes he belonged: 'T]he only real cubism is that of Picasso and Juan Gris. Picasso created it and Juan Gris permeated it with his clarity and exaltation.'" (Christine Burger, Dallas Museum of Art).
HBS 69576.
$8,500.
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Title
Book Concluding With As A Wife Has A Cow. A Love Story
Author
STEIN, Gertrude
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Editions de la Galerie Simon: Paris
Date
1926