Days of Glory: History of the Liberation of Paris (Jours de gloire: Histoire de la Libération de Paris)

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Days of Glory: History of the Liberation of Paris (Jours de gloire: Histoire de la Libération de Paris)

Artist Pablo Picasso (Spanish (active France), 1881-1973)

Publisher D. Lambusier, Paris, [1945?] (under the patronage of the Minister of Education, France)

Printer typography: Busson, [s.l.] text: Les Imprimeries Aranéennes & La Tradition, [s.l.] collotypes: Bouan, [s.l.] prints: Chassepot,

Author various

Author Various artists

Date[about 1945]

Dimensionsbook: 11 1/8 x 9 3/16 in. (282 x 234mm)
page: 10 11/16 x 8 5/8 in. (272 x 219mm)
sheet: 10 9/16 x 8 1/4 in. (269 x 209mm)
platemark: 7 5/8 x 5 3/8 in. (19.3 x 13.7 cm)

MediumOriginal prints: 1 engraving (Picasso), 8 etchings (4 each by Dignimont and Touchagues), 1 mezzotint (Daragnés) Reproductions: collotypes of drawings in blue and black by Picasso, Dignimont, and Touchagues Text: letterpress Paper: cream wove Lana paper, watermarked

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Carol G. Wick in memory of William J. Hitchcock

Object number

1987.68

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Label Text"Days of Glory" includes personal accounts of the liberation of Paris after the Second World War. The text is by a variety of authors, including most notably Valéry and Colette, all following a preface by General Koenig. Eluard's poem "Dans un miroir noir" is accompanied by an engraving of a woman's face and reproductions of two drawings in blue ink by Picasso. The proceed of the sale were given to the French Red Cross for the benefit of prisoners of war.Published Referencescf. Goeppert, Sebastian, et al., Pablo Picasso: The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné, Geneva, 1983, no. 41