Elegy of Ihpetonga and Masks of Ashes (Élégie d'Ihpétonga suivie de Masques de cendre)
Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish (active France), 1881-1973)
Publisher: Éditions hémisphères, Paris, 1949
Printer: text: Dominique Viglino; lithographs: Mourlot Frères
Author: Yvan (Iwan) Goll (Isaac Lang) (French, 1891-1950)
Date: 1949
Dimensions:
Slipcase: H: 13 1/4 in. (337 mm); W: 10 1/8 in. (257 mm); Depth: 13/16 in. (21 mm).
Book: H: 13 in. (330 mm); W: 10 in. (254 mm); Depth: 1/2 in. (13 mm).
Page: H: 12 3/4 in. (324 mm); W: 9 7/8 in. (251 mm).
Medium: Original prints: 4 transfer lithographs.
Text: letterpress in black with blue.
Paper: Rives white wove paper, watermarked.
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss in honor of Barbara K. Sutherland
Object number: 1984.898
Label Text:The French poet Yvan Goll (1898-1950) lived in New York from 1939 to 1947. ÉLÉGIE D'IHPETONGA, which is dedicated to Picasso, reflects on Goll's New York experiences. In the book, the title is explained: Ihpetonga, meaning "high cliff", was the name that the Canarsie Indians gave to the part of Brooklyn that overlooks the port of New York. Goll's poem contrasts the infernal city with incantations of an Indian Squaw banished from her land, whose totems wreak a terrible vengence.
The second part of the book is comprised of seven poems titled MASQUES DE CENDRE, dedicated to Goll's wife Claire. The poems speak ardently of life consumed by words, looks, love, sickness, and, ultimately, death.
Picasso chose to make 4 masks of fauns as illustrations.
The second part of the book is comprised of seven poems titled MASQUES DE CENDRE, dedicated to Goll's wife Claire. The poems speak ardently of life consumed by words, looks, love, sickness, and, ultimately, death.
Picasso chose to make 4 masks of fauns as illustrations.
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