Six whimsical tales

Pablo Picasso

1953

Text by Maurice Toesca

Éditions Flammarion, Paris

Dimensions : 33,6 x 26 cm

Six whimsical tales: "The birth of butterflies", "The needle of the seconds", "Birth of a princess", "The tree that walks", "Meeting with the bird", "The wood of hell", illustrated with 6 engravings with the burin of Picasso, (executed in April 1944) and 6 woodcut lettering by Pierre Bouchet.

One of 100 copies, numbered 109, on Arches laid paper

Condition : Edge of the folder damaged. Pages slightly yellowed but in good condition

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1953

Text by Maurice Toesca

Éditions Flammarion, Paris

Dimensions : 33,6 x 26 cm

Six whimsical tales: "The birth of butterflies", "The needle of the seconds", "Birth of a princess", "The tree that walks", "Meeting with the bird", "The wood of hell", illustrated with 6 engravings with the burin of Picasso, (executed in April 1944) and 6 woodcut lettering by Pierre Bouchet.

In sheets, Japanese paper cover printed on the first cover, folder and case.

Prints :

- 25 on old Japon, with a suite of engravings and lettering on vergé d'Auvergne in an Arches vellum folder

- 75 on vellum of Montval

- 100 on Arches laid paper + XXV.

One of 100 copies, numbered 109, on Arches laid paper. Lacourière workshop

Condition : Edge of the folder damaged. Pages slightly yellowed but in good condition

Succession Picasso 2024