Portfolio

The complete portfolio, comprising seven prints by various artists, 1938, with accompanying poem by Paul Eluard, each signed in pencil by artists and numbered 33/150 (the Husband faded), also signed in pencil by author, numbered in pink crayon 33 on the justification page, printed by L'Atelier 17, Paris, published by Guy Lévis Mano, Paris, on Montval laid paper, with the original grey-paper covered portfolio (7 prints)

With full margins, in good condition apart from minor discoloration along the sheet edges, a very rare and pale fox mark in some of the sheet margins, the Picasso with a flattened diagonal crease in lower right margin. The cover similarly with minor discolorations at edges, surface scratches and nicks throughout.
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The contributing artists are Pablo Picasso (B. 317), Joan Miro (D. 42), Yves Tanguy (W. 6), André Masson (C. 12), John Buckland Wright, Dalla Husband, Stanley William Hayter (B. & M. 111).