Staifcase of Flore (L'escalier de Flore)
Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish (active France), 1881-1973)
Publisher: PAB (Pierre André Benoit) (Alès, 1958)
Printer: [Pierre Andé Benoit], Alès
Author: René Char (French, 1907-1988)
Date: 1958
Dimensions:
Book: H: 13 13/16 in. (351 mm); W: 9 3/16 in. (234 mm); Depth: 1/8 in. (3 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 13 1/2 in. (343 mm); W: 9 in. (229 mm).
Medium: Original prints: 2 celluloid drypoints, incl. 1 in color.
Original collage: red and black string arranged and stretched across a 'window' cut into the cover, from a design by Benoit, modified by Picasso.
Text: letterpress.
Paper: off-white Auvergne laid paper, watermarked.
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss in honor of Barbara K. Sutherland
Object number: 1984.920
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