Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973), Artist;Pierre Reverdy (1889-1960), Author. Sable Mouvant. Portfolio without the etchings.Signed by Picasso.. Paris: Louis Broder, 1966.

Price: US$1600.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 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.

Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.