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Gongora

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

Publisher [s.n., Paris], 1948

Printer text: Fequet & Baudier; etchings: Roger Lacourière

Author Luis de Góngora y Argote (Spanish, 1561-1627)

Date1948

DimensionsSlipcase: 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).

MediumOriginal prints: 26 lift ground aquatints, plus 14 drypoints and 1 engraving; incl. 20 plates of etched text. Text: letterpress. Paper: Marais, watermarked "Gongora."

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss in honor of Barbara K. Sutherland

Object number

1984.896

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Label TextThe 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.Published Referencescf. Goeppert, Sebastian, et al., Pablo Picasso: The Illustrated Books, Catalogue raisonné, Geneva, 1983, no. 51, reprs.

cf. Johnson, Robert Flynn, Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870--2000: The Reva and David Logan Collection of Illustrated Books, San Francisco, 2001, no. 71.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Picasso as an Illustrator, Jan. 23-May 29, 1988, no. 24.