ARTIST: Pablo Picasso

TITLE: Lysistrata By Aristophanes (Signed Book)

MEDIUM: Illustrated Book with 6 Etchings

DATE: 1934

EDITION: Ed. of 1500

SIZE: 11.5 x 9.5 in

PRICE: SOLD

Pablo Picasso Lysistrata By Aristophanes illustrated book, published by Limited Editions Club, NY, 1934. From the edition of 1,500 on French Rives and signed by Picasso on the colophon page. Illustrated with 6 original etchings in black, and 30 lithographs printed in sanguine after drawings. Reference: Cramer 24; The Artist & The Book 226; Skira 294

The Pablo Picasso Lysistrata by Aristophanes is one of the most collectible of Picasso’s Ilustrated Books (Livres d’Artiste). In excellent restored condition, this is the new version by Gilbert Seldes with special introduction by Mr. Seldes and Illustration by Pablo Picasso – MCMXXXIV, Copy Number 1044 of 1500. The Limited Editions Club printed the volume at their own printing shop in Westport, Connecticut. This is the only American publication with original Picasso etchings, which are “among his most important in the Classical style,” according to The Artist and the Book.

 

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