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Artist: Illustrations by Pablo Picasso; Author: Honoré de Balzac; Artist: Hand-painted chemise, slipcase, and endleaves by John Graham; Engraver: Wood engravings by Georges Aubert, Paris, France; Book Binder: Marrianne; Publisher: Ambroise Vollard; Printer: Louis Fort, Paris, France (etchings); Printer: Georges Aubert, Paris, France (wood engravings); Printer: Aimé Jourde, Paris, France (text, typography)
Leather bound book with additional leather chemise folded over covers; separate slipcase; slipcase and chemise hand-painted with mostly abstract designs (c. 1942) both geometric and organic; predominately light blue, brown, black, red, yellow; bird-like figures on front of book; face-like sun on back; front and back endleaves of book painted similarly
12 etchings by Picasso and 67 wood engravings after drawings by Picasso
Hand-painted decorations by John D. Graham.
- Date
- 1931
- In our collection
- since December the 21st, 2008 up to now
- Dimensions
- 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (34.29 x 26.67 x 6.35 cm)
- Location
- Not on View
- Medium
- Etchings, wood engravings, letterpress, with hand-painted gouache decorations on endleaves, chemise and slipcase; bound volume
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- Composition
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