Author: (Picasso, Pablo). De Madariago, Salvador; Gozalo, Miguel Angel; Barra, Alfonso; Montes, Eugenio; Travesi, Andres; Toda, Teresa; Peman, Jose Maria; Rubio, Javier; Aznar, Jose Camon; et al.
Title: 2 Issues of ABC de Las Americas Memorializing Picasso After His Death on April 8, 1973]: ABC de Las Americas Nueva York, 5-11 Mayo 1973, Ano 2, Numero 30 [and] Nueva York, 11-16 Mayo 1973, Ano 2 Numero 31.
Description: Long Island City, NY: Ediciones y Publicaciones Hispanoamericanas Inc. (1973). (1973). - Quarto, 12-5/8 inches high by 9-1/2 inches wide. Softcovers, two issues each bound in color pictorial stapled wraps. The covers are very slightly soiled with minor chips to the spine where stapled. There are very minor creases to the edges. 65 & [3] pages, including the covers; and 64 & [4] pages, including the covers. Both issues are illustrated in color and black & white, including profuse depictions of Pablo Picasso and his art work. Very good.

The first issue of May 5-11, 1973, Volume 2, Number 30, is devoted to the Picasso Museum of Barcelona ("El Mejor 'Museo Picasso' del Mundo: BARCELONA"). The Barcelona museum has the second largest collection of Picasso paintings in the world, only after the Picasso Museum in Paris. It specializes in the early years of Picasso in Spain. This issue publishes articles from the World press on the death of Picasso. Included are articles by Miguel Angel Gozalo, Alfonso Barra, Eugenio Montes, and Andres Travesti. The 11 page article on the Museo Picasso is written by Teresa Toda and is profusely illustrated in color and black & white.

The second issue of May 12-18, 1973, Volume 2, Number 31 is devoted almost entirely to Picasso and is profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Picasso was a contributor to the Sunday Supplement of "ABC de Madrid". This issue reprints one of his articles where he narrates his life experience and his opinions on the new generation of young people, "Picasso Cuenta Cosas de Picasso". There is a lengthy article on Picasso by Salvador de Madariago, a 6-page "Galeria Picasso", and an article on Picasso's daughter Paloma and her mother Francoise Gilot. There is a pictorial article "Picasso y sus Contrastes" illustrated in color and black & white. There is also a section on women and Picasso, "Las Mujeres y Picasso" containing "Interrogatorio a Picasso" by Jose Maria Peman and an article by Javier Rubio. "Iconografia de Picasso" is a pictorial article illustrated in color and black & white. A concluding article by Jose Camon Aznar is titled "Picasso en su Final".

The text is in Spanish.

RARE. Very good .

Keywords: ART; ABC DE LAS AMERICAS; PABLO PICASSO; 2 ISSUES; MEMORIALIZING PICASSO AFTER HIS DEATH; NUEVA YORK; PICASSO MUSEUM OF BARCELONA; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; MIGUEL ANGEL GOZALO; ALFONSO BARRA; EUGENIO MONTES; ANDRES TRAVESTI; TERESA TODA; ABC DE MA

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