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Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973), Artist; Pierre Reverdy (1889-1960), Author - Sable Mouvant. Portfolio without the Etchings. Signed by Picasso

Title: Sable Mouvant. Portfolio without the Etchings. Signed by Picasso
Description: Paris: Louis Broder, 1966. Portfolio without the etchings. 38 x 48cm. Folio. Original cloth slipcase and vellum wraps. Includes half-title, limitation page signed in pencil by Picasso, colophon, list of plates, 4 Rives chemises, 8 pages of text. One of 255 numbered copies on Rives...Cramer 136; Bloch 1183-92; Bloch Books 129.. Picasso created these etchings and aquatints as homage to Reverdy's poem. Sable Mouvant (quicksand). The poems are set in the desert and relate to a series of psychological struggles and hallucinations. Picasso's images elegantly depict the poet's intentions and transport the viewer from reality to expose the inner turmoil of a helpless man and his harsh surroundings. .

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Price: US$ 1600.00 Seller: Wittenborn Art Books
- Book number: 51-5511

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