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Picasso, Pablo (illustrator) and Aristophanes | "The only American publication with original Picasso etchings"

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December 16, 10:06 PM GMT

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3,000 - 5,000 USD

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Picasso, Pablo (illustrator) and Aristophanes

Lysistrata. A new version by Gilbert Seldes. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1934


4to (292 x 235 mm, uncut). Printed in red and black, six etchings by Picasso and numerous text vignettes after Picasso; lightly toned. Paper over boards with design after Picasso, printed label; slight loss of paper to spine and corners, spine sunned. 


Copy 1033 of 1500 numbered copies, signed by Picasso on the colophon. "The only American publication with original Picasso etchings, which are among his most important in the classical style" (The Artist & the Book).


REFERENCE:

The Artist & the Book 226