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[Poèmes et lithographes]
Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish (active France), 1881-1973)
Publisher: [Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris], 1954 (under the direction of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler)
Printer: Mourlot Frères, Paris, 1954
Author: Pablo Picasso (Spanish (active France), 1881-1973)
Date: 1954
Dimensions:
Portfolio: H: 26 1/2 in. (673 mm); W: 20 11/16 in. (526 mm); Depth: 1 in. (25 mm).
Sheet (untrimmed): H: 26 in. (660 mm); W: 19 13/16 in. (503 mm).
Medium: Original prints: 14 lithographs.
Text: letterpress (colophon) and lithography.
Paper: Arches cream wove paper.
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss in honor of Barbara K. Sutherland
Object number: 1984.906A-N
Label Text:For this album, with its essentially descriptive title, Picasso drew, between April 6 and May 29, 1949, 30 subjects on transfer paper; an eagle, an owl, heads of women and fauns, flowers, heads of men, faces of a youth and a child, nudes, a large house, and a bull-fighting scene. Afterwards, he arranged the lay-out of the illustrations and the 26 pages of text on 14 sheets.
Picasso had written the poems in 1941 during the German occupation of Paris. The text reveals his indignation and suffering at that time. There are many mental images evoked by the senses.
The juxtaposition of text and image, their arrangement on sheets which are divided by four but not folded or cut, recalls Iliazd's book design for Poésie de mots inconnus.
Picasso had written the poems in 1941 during the German occupation of Paris. The text reveals his indignation and suffering at that time. There are many mental images evoked by the senses.
The juxtaposition of text and image, their arrangement on sheets which are divided by four but not folded or cut, recalls Iliazd's book design for Poésie de mots inconnus.
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