Gongora
Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish (active France), 1881-1973)
Printer: text: Fequet & Baudier; etchings: Roger Lacourière
Author: Luis de Góngora y Argote (Spanish, 1561-1627)
Date: 1948
Dimensions:
Slipcase: H: 16 in. (407 mm); W: 11 5/8 in. (295 mm); Depth: 2 7/16 in. (62 mm).
Chemise: H: 15 5/8 in. (397 mm); W: 11 3/8 in. (289 mm); Depth: 2 in. (51 mm).
Book: H: 15 1/8 in. (384 mm); W: 11 1/4 in. (286 mm); Depth: 1 3/4 in. (45 mm).
Page: H: 14 7/8 in. (378 mm); W: 11 1/8 in. (283 mm).
Medium: Original prints: 26 lift ground aquatints, plus 14 drypoints and 1 engraving; incl. 20 plates of etched text.
Text: letterpress.
Paper: Marais, watermarked "Gongora."
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss in honor of Barbara K. Sutherland
Object number: 1984.896
Label Text:The twenty poems by Luis de y Gongora y Argote, a 16th century Spanish poet and contemporary of the painter El , were translated into French by Milner. Picasso copied out the poems in his own handwriting and then embellished each page with various drawings in the margins. Each poem is preceded by a print: a portrait of Gongora (after a Velasquez painting) and 19 heads of women.
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