Pablo Picasso. Six Contes Fantastiques

Pablo Picasso

Six Contes Fantastiques

1953. (Prints executed 1944).

Illustrated book with 6 engravings; and 5 wood engraved ornamental initials by Pierre Bouchet; and added portfolio edition of 6 engravings

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Author Maurice Toesca
Publisher Flammarion, Paris
Medium Illustrated book with 6 engravings; and 5 wood engraved ornamental initials by Pierre Bouchet; and added portfolio edition of 6 engravings
Dimensions page (book): 13 3/16 x 10" (33.5 x 25.5 cm); sheet (portfolio, irreg.): 15 3/4 x 12 5/16" (40.0 x 31.3 cm); prints: various dimensions.
Printer Atelier Roger Lacourière, Paris
Printer of plates Pierre Bouchet
Printer of text L'Imprimerie Nationale, Paris
Edition Book: 225 (25 numbered 1-25 on old Japan with supplementary suite; 75 numbered 26-100 on Montval; 100 numbered 101-200 on Arches; 25 numbered I-XXV). Portfolio: 30 (numbered 1/30-30/30 reserved for friends of the publisher)
Credit The Louis E. Stern Collection
Object number 1002.1964.A-B
Department Drawings and Prints

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