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Chronicle of Historic Times (Chroniques des temps héroïques)
Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish (active France), 1881-1973)
Publisher: Louis Broder, Paris, 1956
Printer: text: L'Imprimerie Union; drypoints: Georges LeBlanc; lithographs: Desjobert
Author: Max Jacob (French, 1876-1944)
Date: 1956
Dimensions:
Slipcase: H: 10 1/4 in. (261 mm); W: 7 3/4 in. (197 mm); Depth: 1 1/2 in. (38 mm).
Chemise: H: 10 in. (254 mm); W: 7 11/16 in. (195 mm); Depth: 1 3/8 in. (35 mm).
Book: H: 9 13/16 in. (250 mm); W: 7 3/8 in. (188 mm); Depth: 1 1/8 in. (29 mm).
Page: H: 9 1/2 in. (242 mm); W: 7 in. (178 mm).
Medium: Original prints: 3 drypoints, 1 transfer lithograph in black, and 2 transfer lithographs in colors (cover and slipcase), plus an extra proof of the slipcase lithograph; plus 24 wood engravings in black after drawings by Picasso.
Text: letterpress in black with red.
Paper: Montval white laid paper, watermarked.
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss in honor of Barbara K. Sutherland
Object number: 1984.912
Label Text:In 1935, Madame Paul Guillaume asked Max Jacob to contribute an account of the years 1900-1930 to be used in a book she wanted to publish in memory of her husband. Jacob wrote these reminisences in 1935-36, but they were published here, well after Jacob's death in 1944 in a concentration camp, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of his birth. The text includes tributes to his two great friends, the poet Apollinaire and Picasso, and, of course Paul Guillaume, the dealer in African Art.
Picasso's illustrations for the text are all posthumous portraits of his dear friend, who had been the author of the artist's first illustrated books.
Picasso's red and black lithographic drawings for the cover and slipcase are seemingly simple patterns of scribbled dots or splotches, which could symbolize heartbeats or years "marking" time.
Picasso's illustrations for the text are all posthumous portraits of his dear friend, who had been the author of the artist's first illustrated books.
Picasso's red and black lithographic drawings for the cover and slipcase are seemingly simple patterns of scribbled dots or splotches, which could symbolize heartbeats or years "marking" time.
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