Les Ménines et la vie

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

Author Jaime Sabartés (Spanish, 1881-1968)

Date1958

DimensionsSlipcase: H: 13 1/8 in. (333 mm); W: 10 1/2 in. (267 mm); Depth: 1 1/2 in. (38 mm).
Image: H: 7 5/8 in. (193.68 mm); W: 5 7/8 in. (149 mm).
Chemise: H: 12 13/16 in. (325 mm); W: 10 3/8 in. (263 mm); Depth: 1 1/4 in. (32 mm).
Book: H: 12 7/8 in. (327 mm); W: 10 in. (254 mm); Depth: 1 in. (25 mm).
Page: H: 12 1/2 in. (317 mm); W: 9 3/4 in. (248 mm).
Folder: H: 12 7/8 in. (327 mm); W: 10 1/4 in. (260 mm).

MediumOriginal print: engraving with burin, drypoint and roulette on off-white Richard-de-Bas laid paper. Reproductions: 58 photolithographs in color of paintings on coated white wove paper tipped onto the pages, plus 2 photolithographs of drawings in colors (covers). Text: letterpress in black with brown on white wove paper.

ClassificationBooks

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

Object number

1984.918

Not on View

Label TextThis book contains reproductions of 58 paintings Picasso made between August 17 and December 30, 1957. Forty-four of these paintings were variations inspired by the great 1656 masterpiece LAS MENINAS by Velasquez.The deluxe copies of this book were accompanied by the original print which sketchily conveys the unity and separation of the artist and the model.Published Referencescf. Goeppert, Sebastian, et al., Pablo Picasso: The Illustrated Books, Catalogue raisonné, Geneva, 1983, no 97.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Picasso as an Illustrator, Jan. 23-May 29, 1988, no. 45.