Beschreibung
Bloch 824; Cramer/Goeppert 87; Geiser C79; Horodisch D29; Monod 539; Orozco 165. Only edition thus, as volume III in the series Miroir du poète, seven volumes published by Broder in 1957, and first issue of the engraving (Broder reissued the engravings of the series in a 1960 compilation). Small 8vo folios on japon ancien (one edge of each folio deckle, others cut, pages 16.6 x 13.6 cm, wraps 16.8 x 14.7 cm, chemise 17 x 15 cm), loose as issued in heavy Montval wraps covered with Japanese tissue printed on front with title in red, board chemise covered with putty-colored laid paper printed with title in red on spine, publisher's board slipcase covered in black laid (overall 17.8 x 15.4 x 2 cm). Example 50 of 100 and XX numbered copies (no distinction; total edition 135, inclusive of 15 hors commerce), full-page hors-text frontispiece engraving 15 x 12 cm by Picasso, unsigned, with burin and drypoint in black and colors, the justification page signed by Picasso in pencil. Collates 9 ff., comprising [1 f.] front and rear, inserted within folds of wraps, and 7 further ff.: 1 f. (frontispiece first leaf verso facing title second leaf recto, glassine spacer); 1 f. (half-title first leaf recto, text commencing second leaf recto at p. 11), 3 ff. text (pp. [13]-[24], concluding with date "1947"), [1 f.], 1 f. (justification first leaf recto, denominated "EXEMPLAIRE 50" and signed "Picasso" in pencil, publisher's credits second leaf recto). Typography by Imprimerie Union, Paris; engraving printed by Georges Leblanc. In fine original condition, saving only negligible scuffing on slipcase. Provenance: Lawrence ("Larry") Saphire (art scholar, collector and dealer particularly in surrealism and Dada, compiler of the catalogues raisionées of the graphic work of Fernand Léger and Andre Masson). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1670092776423
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