The Goat-Leaf (La chèvre-feuille)
Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish (active France), 1881-1973)
Publisher: Robert-J. Godet, Paris, 1943
Printer: E. Durand, Paris
Author: Georges Hugnet (French, 1906-1974)
Date: 1943
Dimensions:
Portfolio: H: 11 in. (279 mm); W: 9 in. (228 mm); Depth: 3/4 in. (19 mm).
Book: H: 11 1/8 in. (283 mm); W: 9 in. (229 mm); Depth: 3/4 in. (19 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 11 1/8 in. (282 mm); W: 9 in. (228 mm).
Portfolio: H: 11 in. (279 mm); W: 9 in. (229 mm).
Page: H: 11 1/8 in. (282 mm); W: 9 in. (228 mm).
Medium: Original print: etching (stored separately--see Remarks).
Reproductions: 6 photomechanical reproductions of lithographs, plus suite of 3 sets of prints (one printed in red, one in yellow, one in turquoise).
Text: letterpress in black with green.
Paper: Arches cream wove paper, watermarked.
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss in honor of Barbara K. Sutherland
Object number: 1984.888
Label Text:Hugnet's 27 love poems celebrate, as the colophon tells us, "The first anniversary of the author's encounter with honeysuckle (chèvre-feuille)." The poems, full of beautifully erotic imagery, tell of delirious love. Picasso's illustrations of women displaying their charms compliment the text.
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