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Lot 3162
Two Books on Picasso, Including the Impressive Picasso 347
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Aldo & Piero Crommelynck (text). PICASSO 347. New York: Random House and Maecenas Press, 1970. First edition stated. Hardcover. Cream cloth-backed and gilt-stamped black boards, with purple endpapers, top edge gilt, in original matching clamshell box lined in purple velveteen. (2) oblong folios; vol. I 22pp. plus engravings 1-178; vol. II engravings 179-347. (Clamshell box very good or better with a few spots on the cloth, mild edgewear, residue, and scuffing on the back; the second volume with minor mark on gilt, otherwise both volumes easily near fine. A beautiful copy of this monumental book.)

Charles Feld (text). PICASSO ZEICHNUNGEN 27.3.66-15.3.68. Köln: M. DuMont Schauberg, 1969. Hardcover. White cloth-covered boards stamped in dark brown, in colorful, illustrated slipcase. 4to; 24pp. plus 405 drawings, [7]pp. Text in German. (Sunned spine with small stain, some separation from text block, and one bumped corner; clean interior with a few minor spots on the title page; slipcase with some grime and scuffs, and small areas of staining at corners; very good in about very good slipcase.)

17 5/8 x 12 1/2 in. in box; 12 x 10 in. in slipcase

Picasso 347 includes the 347 intaglio prints that Picasso created while he was in Mougins in 1968. From the Publisher's Note: "There is no point in comparing Picasso to other artists; he stands Olympian and alone. Though not himself immortal, with these 347 gravures this legendary figure has given the world one more immortal work" (p.18).