PICASSO (Pablo) - COCTEAU (Jean). - Lot 121

PICASSO (Pablo) - COCTEAU (Jean). Picasso from 1916 to 1961. Monaco : Éditions du Rocher, 1962. - In-folio, 373 x 273: (6 ff. first 3 blanks), 113 pp. (11 ff. last two blanks), illustrated window cover. In sheets, filled cover, folder and case of the publisher. First collective edition illustrated with 24 original lithographs in black by Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973), including one openwork on the cover, one in the frontispiece, seven at the head of each chapter, six in the cul-de-lampe, two on double page and seven on full page. Edition at 255 copies plus some copies reserved for the author, the artist and the collaborators of the edition, signed by the author and the artist at the justification. This is one of 199 numbered copies on Rives pur chiffon à la forme. AUTOGRAPH SIGNED BY PICASSO : for the FLaischakers // Picasso A very well preserved copy despite some wear to the case. Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Flaischaker, with a mailing from the artist.