Two Tales: The Centaur Picador, The Twilight of the Faun (Deux contes: le centaure picador, le crépuscule d'un faune)
Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish (active France), 1881-1973)
Publisher: Éditions Albor, Paris, 1947 (Henri Jonquières)
Printer: drypoints: Atelier Roger Lacourière, [Paris]; decorations: Hourdebaigt et Crampe; text: Coulouma, [Paris]
Author: Ramón Reventós (Spanish, 1881-1924)
Date: 1947
Dimensions:
Chemise: H: 13 1/4 in. (337 mm); W: 10 1/4 in. (260 mm); Depth: 1 1/4 in. (32 mm).
Book: H: 13 1/8 in. (334 mm); W: 10 1/4 in. (260 mm); Depth: 1/2 in. (13 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 13 1/16 in. (332 mm); W: 9 7/8 in. (251 mm).
Portfolio: H: 13 1/16 in. (332 mm); W: 10 in. (254 mm).
Sheet: H: 14 11/16 in. (373 mm); W: 9 7/8 in. (251 mm).
Medium: Original prints: 4 drypoints, plus an extra suite on cream Montval laid paper, with annotations.
Text: letterpress (typeface: Rockwell), and collotype reproductions of the artist's brush lettering.
Paper: Lana cream wove paper, watermarked.
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss in honor of Barbara K. Sutherland
Object number: 1984.893
Label Text:Encouraged by the success of DOS CONTES ("Two Tales"), the publisher made a French version of the book and Picasso provided four different print illustration: the centaur pulling its masters cart, the centaur fighting the bull, the faun playing a flute, and the death of the faun.
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