Diurnes: découpages et photographies

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Diurnes: découpages et photographies

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

Artist André Villers (French, born 1930)

Publisher Berggruen, Paris, 1962

Printer reproductions and pochoirs: Daniel Jacomet, Paris; text: l’Imprimerie Union, Paris

Author Jacques Prévert (French, 1900-1977)

Date1962

DimensionsBox: H: 16 1/8 in. (410 mm); W: 12 3/8 in. (314 mm); Depth: 1 5/8 in. (42 mm).
Book: H: 15 7/8 in. (404 mm); W: 12 1/4 in. (311 mm); Depth: 1 1/4 in. (31 mm).
Page: H: 15 3/4 in. (400 mm); W: 11 3/4 in. (299 mm).

MediumReproductions: 30 photolithographs of paper cut-outs superimposed on photographs, plus pochoired designs after Picasso (book cover and box). Text: letterpress. Paper: Arches cream wove paper (typeface: Garamond).

ClassificationBooks

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

Object number

1984.934

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Label TextThis book is the result of a collaboration between Picasso, the photographer Villers, and the poet Prevert. Picasso made cut-outs of mask like heads and silhouettes of men, women, fauns, and animals. Villers superimposed these cut-outs on 30 photographs, thus producing different effects. Then Prevert, after his eye wander from image to image, made a delightful account of his visual promenade. The title DIURNES suggests beings that live only by-day; Prevert's text is about the ephemeral creatures who live between sunrise and sunset -- as suggested by the 30 Picasso-Villers images.Published Referencescf. Goeppert, Sebastian, et al., Pablo Picasso: The Illustrated Books, Catalogue raisonné, 1983, no. 115.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Picasso as an Illustrator, Jan. 23-May 29, 1988, no. 56.