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In Living Memory (De mémoire d'homme)

Artist Pablo Picasso (Spanish (active France), 1881-1973)
Publisher Bordas Éditeur, Paris, 1950
Printer text: Maïtre-Imprimeur G. Girard; lithographs: Mourlot Fréres
Author Tristan Tzara (French (born Romania), 1896-1963)
Date1950
DimensionsBook: H: 13 1/8 in. (333 mm); W: 10 in. (254 mm); Depth: 7/8 in. (23 mm).
Page: H: 12 7/8 in. (327 mm); W: 9 3/4 in. (248 mm).
MediumOriginal prints: 9 lithographs in black. Text: letterpress. Paper: Arches cream wove paper.
ClassificationBooks
Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss in honor of Barbara K. Sutherland
Object number
1984.900
Not on View
Label TextTzara wrote this 4-part poem, which is both in verse and prose, between 1946 and 2949. The text is linked to the poet's experiences in the twenties, thirties, and forties. Prompted by his admiration for Picasso's latest paintings, Tzara wrote the artist asking him to illustrate this work, which Picasso did, although the images do not relate precisely to the poetry. The 9 lithographs were made quickly using a somewhat unusual procedure: Picasso fingerpainted flora and fauna designs with lithographic ink, and then marked their contours with lithographic chalk. Each image presents a detail of a rather fantastic garden, populated by flowering plants, butterflies, a praying mantis, and toads.Published Referencescf. Garvey, Eleanor M., The Artist & the Book, 1860--1960, Boston, 1961, no. 234

cf. Goeppert, Sebastian, et al., Pablo Picasso: The Illustrated Books, Catalogue raisonné, Geneva, 1983, no. 59.

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

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