‎[BIOGRAPHIE] - CASSOU (Jean) - ‎
‎Pablo Picasso. ‎

‎Pablo Picasso - Linocuts. - [PICASSO'S FAMOUS LINOCUTS]‎

‎London, Thames and Hudson, 1963. Folio-oblong (340 x 400 mm). In the original clothbinding with black printed Picasso-drawings on front board. Housed in the original slipcase. Slipcase with some wear and stains, otherwise very nice and clean. (14) pp. + 45 linocuts by Picasso. ‎

‎The uncommon and exquisitely printed “Linocuts” by Picasso, which marked the beginning a new period for him as an artist. The prints were made by carving away part of the surface of a sheet of linoleum then inking and printing the remaining surface. Picasso began creating linoleum cuts to give color a more prominent role in his graphic work having previously considered it a secondary medium. His linoleum cuts emerged from a desire to adapt previous artistic concepts to a new medium and he quickly achieved original results that were not secondary to his pervious works. Inspired by memories of bullfighting from his youth in Arles and Nimes Picasso focused on this theme in his linoleum cuts produced in the fall of 1959. Despite not having seen bullfights in Spain for many years, he felt their influence after the town of Vallauris allowed bullfighting under revised rules in 1954. “Just how and when Picasso became attracted by the linoleum technique is not known. Perhaps it was like the instance of the year 1957, when he capriciously finished his “L’ Arlésienne* with pigeon feathers picked up from the floor of his home “La Californie.” It must be assumed, aware as we are of Picasso’s working methods, that his interest in linoleum technique was derived from some insignificant yet real incident, as well as from a response to a deep artistic need. The smooth and supple drawings in India ink and lithograph pencil for the “Tauromaquia”, which set the tone for the subsequent linoleum cuts, reveal a difference, something remarkably new and fresh. The ink drawings, particularly, point the way to heavy and unmodeled designs which are more crisp and more succinct (their similarity with a silhouette-like effect is certainly significant). When he began the series of linoleum cuts, the artist was already prepared with a wide range of procedures that would adjust his subjects to the flat, extended areas that are inherent in this medium. Although Picasso had made only a few woodcuts in the past, he immediately adopted a resolute and robust approach to the new technique and interpreted in the widest possible way the rules of carving such an easily yielding material. Formal principles that embody lines and surfaces, as well as pictorial and decorative elements, are freely applied to create prints that are sometimes produced from a combination of several individual color blocks or, more often, from a single linoleum block that was cut and recut. Others, browns, and blacks, reminiscent of Greek vase painting, became the dominating color scheme, permitting a limited range of color variations. As usual, Picasso intuitively developed techniques which exhausted the medium.” (From the introduction to the present work)‎

‎Dessins et gravures de Pablo Picasso (collection Geneviève Laporte)‎

‎Galerie Françoise Tournié, Plon Collection Geneviève Laporte Dos carré collé 1974 In-4 (28x37 cm), dos carré collé, couverture rempliée, un dessin de Picasso au premier plat, catalogue, édité à l'occasion de l'exposition des dessins et gravures de Pablo Picasso présentés à la galerie Françoise Tournié, dessins illustrant les poèmes de Geneviève Laporte ; coiffes et coins frottés, plats salis, intérieur très frais, bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.‎

‎Pablo Picasso. Graphikmuseum Pablo Picasso Muster. the Huizinga collection. ‎

‎ Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000; 32 x 24 cm, 303 pp. Relié cartonnage d'éditeur sous jaquette illustrée. Très nombreuses illustrations. Bel exemplaire. Livre en anglais. ‎

‎LE SURRÉALISME ET LA PEINTURE. Avec soixante-dix-sept photogravures d'après Max Ernst, Giorgio de Chirico, Joan Miro, Georges Braque, Arp, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, André Masson, Yves Tanguy. ‎

‎ Librairie Gallimard, N.R.F, Paris, 1928. Un volume broché (19,5 x 24,5 cm), de 72 pages [1], suivies de 77 illustrations hors-texte en noir et blanc, photogravées d'après les oeuvres de Max Ernst, Giorgio de Chirico, Joan Miro, Georges Braque, Arp, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, André Masson, Yves Tanguy, papier couché. Achevé d'imprimer à la date du 11 février 1928.Édition originale, exemplaire numéroté après 18 grands papiers.Couverture légèrement usée avec manque de papier aux coiffes. Petite déchirure avec manque à la page de colophon. ‎

‎Pablo Picasso. 1881-1973. Le Génie du siècle.‎

‎ Cologne : Benedikt Taschen, 1986. In-4, 300 x 230 : 95 pp., couverture illustrée en couleurs. — Broché. ‎

‎Intéressante monographie du grand peintre, traduite en français par Charles Descloux.L'ouvrage s'articule autour de 11 chapitres : Enfance et jeunesse 1881-1901 ; Les périodes bleues et roses 1901-1906 ; Picasso dessinateur et graveur ; Le Cubisme 1907-1917 ; Picasso sculpteur ; Les années vingt et trente 1918-1936 ; Picasso créateur d'affiches ; L'expérience de la guerre 1937-1945 ; Picasso céramiste ; La dernière période 1946-1973 ; Pablo Picasso 1881-1973 : vie et oeuvre. Nombreuses illustrations en couleurs.Bel exemplaire. ‎