Lot 50
  • 50

[Picasso, Pablo]

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of six works by and about Picasso, comprising:
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BATIGNE, René. Une visite à Vallauris. Paris: Éditions du Musée de Vallauris, 1950, 8vo, copy number 374 from a limited edition of 500 copies, original folding lithograph by Picasso, illustrations, folding map of Vallauris, original illustrated wrappers, wrappers detached
DERRIÈRE LE MIROIR. Hommage à Georges Braque. Paris: Maeght Éditeur, 1964, folio, limited edition of 350 copies, illustrations (including colour reproductions of works by Braque), original printed wrappers
MARCENAC, Jean. Picasso le goût du bonheur. Bremen: Carl Schünemann, 1970, 4to, text in German, copy number 255 from a limited edition of 1998 copies (666 each in German, French and English), reproductions of Picasso prints (some in colour), loose and uncut as issued in grey buckram folding box lettered in black
REDFERN GALLERY, London. Lithographies de l'Atelier Mourlot, Paris. London: The Redfern Gallery, 1965, 4to, limited edition of 1150 copies, text by Jean Adhémar translated into English by Benita Eisler, reproductions of lithographs by Picasso, Miró, Jenkins, Calder, Masson, Minaux and Buffet, original printed wrappers with a Chagall lithograph on upper cover
SABARTÈS, Jaime. Picasso: toreros. New York: George Brazillier; Monte Carlo: André Sauret, 1961, oblong 4to, text in English translated by Patrick Gregory, 4 lithographs (1 colour) and numerous illustrations by Picasso, original red buckram with Picasso illustration stamped in black on upper cover, spine lettered in black, pictorial dust-jacket, edges slightly faded, a few small chips to dust-jacket
VALÉRY, Paul, and others. Jours de gloire. Histoire de la libération de Paris. Paris: D. Lambusier, [1945], 4to, one of 50 hors commerce copies on papier de lana from a total edition of 1070 copies, printed for Georges Bloch, frontispiece by Daragnès, etching by Picasso, 3 (of 4) plates by Touchagues and 4 by Dignimont, illustrations, with a duplicate of the final quire, loose as issued in original printed wrapper, slipcase, lacking one plate, one leaf slightly creased, backstrip slightly creased at head and foot

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