Staifcase of Flore (L'escalier de Flore)

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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

Date1958

DimensionsBook: 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).

MediumOriginal 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.

ClassificationBooks

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

Object number

1984.920

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Published Referencescf. Garvey, Eleanor M., The Artist & the Book, 1860--1960, Boston, 1961, no. 241

cf. Goeppert, Sebastian, et al., Pablo Picasso: The Illustrated Books, Catalogue raisonné, Geneva, 1983, no. 94

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. 81.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Picasso as an Illustrator, Jan. 23-May 29, 1988, no. 43

Toledo Museum of Art, Splendid Pages: The Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books, Feb. 14--May 11, 2003.