Fernand Mourlot, Jaime Sabartes. Picasso - Lithographe I (1919-1947). André Sauret, Éditions du Livre, Monte Carlo 1950. Folio. Limited to 2500 copies (#1372). 154pp. 31.5x24.5cm
Rebound in library cloth. The binding is very sturdy but not very pretty—purely a service binding. There are occasional internal stamps as well as library stamps on the top and bottom (exterior) text block ends. At least half of the color and black+white illustrations/reproductions in the text also have library stamps on them. Other than that the text is fresh and the three original lithographs are in fine condition. $450 (HALF of the proceeds goes to the de-accessioning library.)
There are three original lithographs here. TWO, actually. In the original state there was a front and rear cover which constituted one long print—this is a rebound edition (in cloth) and the cover litho has been cut evenly into to fit the front and rear of this volume. The front litho unfortunately has a library stamp along the very bottom right of the print.
There is also a frontispiece original litho with a glassine spacer. The right margin on this print is very tight.
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Fernand Mourlot. Picasso - Lithographe II (1947-1949). André Sauret, Éditions du Livre, Monte Carlo 1950. Folio. Limited to 2000 copies. 208pp. 31.5x24.5cm
Rebound in library cloth. The binding is very sturdy but not very pretty—purely a service binding. There are occasional internal stamps as well as library stamps on the top and bottom (exterior) text block ends. Two of the color reproductions in the text also have library stamps on them. Other than that the text is fresh and the three original lithographs are in fine condition. $950 (HALF of the proceeds goes to the de-accessioning library.)
With three original lithographs. Well, TWO original lithographs, the first being the two-part cover of the original soft-cover edition called 'Claude et Paloma' (created in April 1950 and intended to illustrate the front and back wrappers) along with the spine—this copy of the book has the two separated (with no spine) and bound in at the front and rear of the book, and the other is a frontispiece. The frontis is 'Fleurs dans un verre N° 6' was created in 1947. (I have now seen several examples of these lithographs offered for sale as individuals without the spine decoration.)
“On April 16th, 1950, Picasso made a double lithograph of his two children by Françoise Gilot. To accomplish this he simply dipped his index finger into the ink thinned with saliva, and then drew the portraits of Claude and Paloma. Printed by the renowned atelier Mourlot Fréres, Paris.”--the goldmark dot com website.
Bloch 664 and 450. Mourlot 186 and 98. Reuße 532 and 229. Cramer (Livres) 60
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