Pablo PICASSO

Rare first edition of the catalogue for Picasso’s final exhibition at the Galerie Paul Rosenberg in Paris, held from 17 January to 18 February 1939 at 21 rue La Boétie. The front wrapper is illustrated with a black-and-white photograph of the exhibition’s centrepiece: La sculpture nègre devant la fenêtre, now known as Buste de Minotaure devant une fenêtre (Private Collection; see Zervos, vol. VIII, p. 360). Painted on 19 April 1937, the work is widely regarded as a precursor to the bull of Guernica, executed only a few weeks later.

An excellent, well-preserved copy.

The plaquette lists the 33 works exhibited, arranged by year of execution-...

First edition, one of 10 lettered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.

Illustrated on the cover with a portrait of Max Jacob by Pablo Picasso.

A rare and handsome copy.

Autograph letter by Pablo Picasso to Max Pellequer, vividly executed in multiple colours, signed and dated by the artist, 27 January 1956, addressed from his villa “La Californie”. Fourteen lines written in green, blue, pink, orange, red, violet and turquoise pencil on a watermarked “BFK Rives” sheet.
A few negligible transverse folds, as expected from mailing.

Picasso did not regularly employ colour in his correspondence. Here, however, he seems to have offered a gracious gesture to his friend and banker Max Pellequer, as the...

Multi-coloured autograph letter from Pablo Picasso to Max Pellequer, signed and dated by the artist on June 5,  1956. The document includes the autograph address of his villa ‘La Californie’. Twelve lines in orange, pink, blue, yellow and purple pencil on one sheet. 
Minor folds. 

A very elegant letter written in pastel colours by Pablo Picasso.

Multi-coloured autograph letter from Pablo Picasso to Max Pellequer, signed and dated by the author on June 13, 1957. The document includes the autograph address of his villa ‘La Californie’. 2 pages on one sheet, 22 lines in green, blue and red pencils on a watermarked sheet.
Minor folds. 

An exceptional account of Pablo Picasso's passion for bullfighting, a recurring theme in his art since his very first works painted at the age of eight ("The Little Yellow Picador", 1899). 

Pablo Picasso gives Max Pellequer and his wife details regarding a trip to...

Autograph letter in blue and red pencil by Pablo Picasso to Max Pellequer, signed and dated by the author on June 7, 1956. The document includes the autograph address of his villa ‘La Californie’.  12 lines on the front of the letter and two lines on the back on a printed notice announcing the forthcoming publication of a book by Thérèse Leroy. 
Minor folds and a slight crease in the lower left corner. 

We have here a rare written account of Pablo Picasso engaging in self-deprecation. In his villa "Californie", the painter found a printed poster announcing the forthcoming publication of the book "La technique du...

Multi-coloured autograph letter from Pablo Picasso to Max Pellequer, signed and dated by the artist on September 23,  1959. The document includes the autograph address of his villa ‘La Californie’. Ten lines in blue and green pencils on a watermarked “BFK Rives” sheet.
Minor folds and marks.

A very elegant letter written in pastel colours by Pablo Picasso.

Multi-coloured autograph letter from Pablo Picasso to Max Pellequer, signed and dated by the artist on September 23,  1958. The document includes the autograph address of his villa ‘La Californie’. 13 lines in a multi-coloured tip pen (orange, red, blue and green) on a sheet marked ‘VIA WESTERN UNION’.
Minor folds. Tear in the lower left corner. 

Colour is not systematically used in Pablo Picasso's letters. It would seem that the artist wanted to make a kind gesture towards his friend and banker Max Pellequer, because the more aesthetically pleasing his letters are, the more valuable they are.

The use of a...

Multi-colored autograph letter to Max Pellequer

Elegant multi-colored autograph letter by Pablo Picasso to Max Pellequer, signed and dated 'December 20, 1955'. A leaf in multi-color pencil (blue, green, orange and red).
Traces of transverse folds.
This "graphic" letter in the most literal sense constitutes a superb polychrome and artistic link in an epistolary chain that linked Picasso and his prominent patron for decades.

First edition of this issue entirely devoted to Guillaume Apollinaire.
With numerous contributions including those by Guillaume Apollinaire, Tristan Tzara, Pierre Albert-Birot, Paul Dermée, André Salmon, and Roche Grey. Iconography, illustrations, facsimiles; a complete copy including the portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire by Marcoussis.
Two small tears at the head and foot of the spine, a well-preserved copy.

Front cover illustrated with a portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire by Pablo Picasso.

First edition, 15 issues in 15 separate instalments, abundantly illustrated with black and white photographs. Complete with the special issue “Hommage à Picasso” (#3, 1930) and the index for the year 1929, published as a separate 8-page stapled booklet. Some spines slightly faded not affecting the text, occasional minor foxing along the margins of certain covers

Presented in a custom slipcase with a flat spine in blue morocco, title stamped in palladium and spine framed in palladium, decorative blue paper boards, sky-blue suede doublures; a handsome ensemble signed...

Signed and inscribed newspaper clipping with Picasso's portrait.

Newspaper clipping from 'Le Patriote de Nice et du Sud-Est' (25 October 1959) signed and inscribed by Pablo Picasso. A folded leaf inscribed with a large red felt-tip pen.

A pictorial and unusual inscription signed by Picasso on the front page of a Nice newspaper celebrating his 78th birthday: “For Max Pellequer / his friend / Picasso”. A beautiful testimony of friendship in an important political newspaper which featured many of the artist's original creations.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Dutch handmade paper.
Previously unpublished letters by Alfred Jarry, Marcel Schwob, Guillaume Apollinaire, Jacques Rivière, Marcel Proust, Rainer Maria Rilke... Contributions by Valery Larbaud, Jules Supervielle, Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, Francis Ponge...

Includes an unpublished text by Fargue, 'Rêves', and a previously unpublished musical composition by Maurice Ravel.
Illustrations by Jean-Gabriel Daragnès, Pablo Picasso, Henri Michaux, Giorgio de Chirico, Marie Laurencin...
A few small marginal tears to the covers and occasional foxing to some of the deckle edges.

First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on regular issue paper.

Publisher's full yellow cloth binding, smooth spine, housed in its black full-cloth slipcase, complete with the original silk tie.

A few minor nicks to the slipcase.

Profusely illustrated throughout.

Contributions by Brassaï, Magda Bolumar, Joan Miro, Joan Brossa, Luis Bunuel, Alexander Calder, Eduardo Chillida, Jacques Dupin, Nina Kandinsky, Roland Penrose, Pablo Picasso, Rafols Casamada, Georges Raillard, Josep Lluis Sert, Michel Tapié, Yvon Taillandier, Antoni Tapies, Patrick Waldberg...

Illustrated edition featuring 4 original lithographs by Picasso, printed by Mourlot, one of 430 numbered copies on wove paper, the only issue after 5 copies on japon and 95 on Arches wove paper.

A pleasing copy.

First edition.

Contributions by Paul Léautaud “Lettres 1902-1919 (1ère partie)”, Edmond Gréville “Porte donnant sur la voie”, Jean Lurçat “U.S.A.”, P.G. van Hecke “Spectacles américains à Paris”, Pierre Courthion “Bar du Dôme”, Jean Perros “A bas le pittoresque”...

Issue illustrated with photographs by Man Ray, Germaine Krull, Bérénice Abbott, Florence Henry, Eli Lotar and drawings by Paul Klee, Marc-Eemans, Gustave de Smet, Frits van der Berghe...

Reproductions of paintings by Pablo Picasso, René Magritte, Paul Klee, André Derain, Raoul Dufy, Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, Georges Braque, André Masson, Juan Gris...

A stain to the upper cover, spine and covers lightly...

Deluxe edition specially produced for members of the Club français du livre and printed in 1,000 numbered copies.

Publisher's special binding in full red cloth, smooth spine, housed in a black slipcase bearing at the foot of the upper cover the gilt statement : "cette édition de luxe a été spécialement réalisée pour les adhérents du Club français du livre".

Richly illustrated, with an essay by José Bergamin and the French translation prepared by Elisabeth Servan-Schreiber.

Nice copy.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on offset paper, the only issue after 42 copies on Arches vellum.

A pleasing copy.

First edition illustrated with 6 original lithographs by Pablo Picasso, one of 500 numbered copies on Lafuma paper.
A pleasing copy, complete with its "prière d'insérer" written by Paul Eluard.

First edition featuring the celebrated original color stencil "Aidez l'Espagne!", printed on Arches paper by Joan Miró.
With literary contributions by Christian Zervos on Pablo Picasso's "Guernica", as well as texts by Jean Cassou, Georges Duthuit, Pierre Mabille, Michel Leiris, Paul Éluard, René Char...
Illustrated with numerous reproductions of works by Pablo Picasso and Joan Miró’s "Le faucheur".
Some rubbing and small tears to the spine, as often, a vertical crease to the rear wrapper, otherwise a fresh and well-preserved copy.

First edition, a first impression copy numbered in the press.

Binding in half brown morocco, spine in five compartments, gilt date at the foot, geometric pattern paper boards and endpapers in the same paper, top edge gilt, wrappers and spine preserved in perfect condition, binding signed by T. Boichot.

Apollinaire's second major poetic work with bold graphic innovations and a portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire by Pablo Picasso as frontispiece.
“Some of the best war poems, all languages combined, are brought together in this collection, alongside experimental works such as Les Fenêtres (close to Cubism) and La Jolie Rousse, which were far ahead of their...

The program is illustrated by V. Barthe (wrapper) and includes hors-texts by Chatzman, Manet (a reproduction of his Olympia), Picasso, Vassilieff, Fotinsky and Ganovsky (a spatial composition).

Appearing at this event were: Olga Koklova and the Ballets Suédois of Juger Friis and Jean Borlin, the “dance of the lobster, crab and crocodile” with costumes by Marie Vassilieff and Fernand Léger, the Petrograd Puppet Theatre with costumes and puppets by Goncharova and music by Bohslav Martinou and Vernon Duke, three-dimensional poems by Iliazd and Katabadze as well as futurist poems from Vazry, a dance by Thamara Svirskya to Satie's Gymnopédies, “Japanese...

Invitation card for the Picasso Drawings and Watercolors Exhibition held from October 20 to November 15, 1919, at Galerie Paul Rosenberg in Paris, 21 rue La Boétie. With a reproduction of a drawing by the artist.

Very fine condition, annotated in pencil with the number "40" to the upper left corner and a curved line to the right margin.

The present work was executed by Picasso first public showing...

First edition, one of 50 copies on pure thread paper, part of the deluxe issue.

Half aubergine morocco binding, smooth spine, lacquered marbled paper boards, aubergine paper endpapers and doublures, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, slipcase edged with aubergine morocco, aubergine paper sides, aubergine felt lining. An elegant binding signed C. & J.P. Miguet, dated 1990.

First edition of this issue of La Revue musicale dated December 1, 1930, entirely devoted to Serge de Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes.

With numerous contributions by Anna de Noailles, Gabriel Astruc, Maurice Brillant, Émile Henriot, Michel-Georges Michel, Mikhail Larionov, Auguste Gilbert de Voisins, André Warnod, among others.

Illustrated in black and in color with works by Jean Cocteau, Léon Bakst, Georges Braque, André Derain, André Dunoyer de Segonzac, Natalia Goncharova, Mikhail Larionov, Pablo Picasso, Maurice Utrillo, and others.

Two small light dampstains at the foot of the spine and rear cover, otherwise a pleasant copy.

First edition on chestnut paper, complete with its wraparound band for booksellers.
Two small tears without loss to the spine. 

First edition, one of the review copies.

Spine faded with noticeable waterstaining at foot, a few small spots in the margins of the covers.

Illustrated with 53 photographs by Brassaï.

On a card mounted to the front endpaper, a moving presentation inscription, dated and signed in blue ballpoint pen by Brassaï: "Pour Francis Ponge amical hommage de Brassaï Eze-Village le 29 octobre 1964."

First edition.
Literary contributions by Paul Eluard, André Breton, Pierre Brasseur, Raymond Queneau, Giorgio de Chirico, Michel Leiris, Robert Desnos, Antonin Artaud, Benjamin Péret, ...
Pictorial or photographic contributions by Giorgio de Chirico, Pablo Picasso, André Masson, Max Ernst...
Upper cover with a few light marginal soiling to the left edge, a small tear at the foot of the spine, otherwise a good copy considering the fragility of this periodical.

Rare complete set of four pamphlets with poems by Georges Hugnet in first edition published during the Occupation, illustrated by Picasso, Joan Miro, and Valentine Hugo. The first titled "Non-vouloir" was limited to only 26 copies; our copy is one of the 20 copies on vergé antique de Montval, following 6 copies on japon. The three others on ordinary paper from a limited edition of 200 copies.

"Non-vouloir"  was the first resistance poem published openly and signed by its author without being subjected to censorship. Composed between March and June 1940, Hugnet's poem stands as a poetic manifesto of refusal against defeat and occupation, echoing...

First illustrated deluxe edition, expanded with a foreword by Albert Gleizes, one of 400 numbered copies on Lana wove paper.

Volume illustrated with 7 original etchings or drypoints by Pablo Picasso

“L’homme au chapeau”, Jean Metzinger, Marie Laurencin, Albert Gleizes, Francis Picabia, Jacques Villon and Marcel Duchamp, together with 4 plates after Georges Braque, André Derain, Juan Gris and...

Autograph letter signed by Pablo Picasso to Fernande Olivier. Two pages in black ink on a ruled sheet with the letterhead of the Hôtel du Canigou, Maison Armand, Céret. Autograph envelope addressed to 'Madame Picasso' at their address of 11 boulevard de Clichy, postmarked 8 August 1911. Folds from mailing, tiny marginal tears without affecting the text, front and back of the envelope detached.

A superb unpublished letter to "la belle Fernande" from Céret, the Mecca of Cubism. Having just arrived in this temple of modern art, where he would spend three summers with Braque, Picasso writes to his first muse in...