Pirosmanachvili 1914

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Pirosmanachvili 1914

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

Publisher Le degré quarante et un, Paris, 1972 (Iliazd)

Printer drypoint: Atelier Lacourière Frélaut, [Paris] text: Imprimerie Union, [Paris] (Louis Barnier)

Author Iliazd (Ilia Zdanevitch) (Russian, 1894-1975)

Date1972

DimensionsSlipcase: H: 13 9/16 in. (344 mm); W: 9 7/8 in. (251 mm); Depth: 1 9/16 in. (40 mm).
Chemise: H: 13 3/16 (335 mm); W: 9 3/4 in. (247 mm); Depth: 1 3/16 in. (30 mm).
Book: H: 12 13/16 in. (325 mm); W: 9 3/8 in. (238 mm); Depth: 7/8 in. (22 mm).
Page: H: 11 1/16 in. (281 mm); W: 8 1/4 in. (209 mm).

MediumOriginal print: drypoint. Text: letterpress (typeface: Gill Sans capitals). Paper: antique japan buff laid paper.

ClassificationBooks

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

Object number

1984.945

Not on View

Label TextIliazd met the painter Niko Pirosmanachvili (1862-1918) in 1912 in Tiflis, Georgia. Shocked by the misery in which the artist lived and eager to draw attention to his exceptional talents, Iliazd published an article about the artist in a local paper in 1914. Nearly 60 years later, Iliazd decided to reprint this text to pay homage to his long-unrecognized friend. Picasso agreed to make the frontispiece, an idealized portrait of the Georgian painter. The printing of the text was completed by mid-December 1972. Iliazd made sure that the printed surface of the text on each page did not exceed the format of Picasso's drypoint. During a Christmas visit Iliazd made, Picasso signed all impressions of the print. Iliazd planned to visit Picasso again on April 9, 1973. However, on April 8, Picasso suddenly died. This was among the artist's last works.Published Referencescf. Goeppert, Sebastian, et al., Pablo Picasso: The Illustrated Books, Catalogue raisonné, Geneva, 1983, no. 154

cf. Isselbacher, Audrey, Iliazd and the Illustrated Book, New York, 1987, no. 26

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. 94.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Picasso as an Illustrator, 1988, no. 61