Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) - Paul ÉLUARD (1895-1952) - Lot 9

Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) - Paul ÉLUARD (1895-1952) Le Visage de la Paix. Paris : Cercle d'art, [1951]. - In-4, 28.2 x 22.4 cm. Paperback, lined cover. First edition of this lovely book marking Paul Éluard's last collaboration with Pablo PICASSO. It is adorned with 29 drawings by the artist reproduced in mid-page lithographs by Mourlot, each illustrating a poem by Éluard below. Edition of 2,250 copies, this being one of the 150 first copies on vellum pur fil Johannot (no. LXXXIII), enriched with AN ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH BY PICASSO, unsigned, depicting Françoise Gilot wearing a dove's headdress, dated in the plate "29.9,51". A very well preserved copy. Discharges from the illustrations, as always on this paper. Exhibition: From Clergue to Picasso, Musée Réattu, Arles, October 4, 2014 - January 4, 2015.