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Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: Folio. Unpaginated. Red and white illustrated dust jacket with white lettering on the front cover and spine. Burgundy half-cloth over Illustrated red paper boards (Original color-illustrated paper spine glued to spine). The image for the cover and dust jacket were specifically designed by Pablo Picasso for this edition. It had been originally released as Verve #29/30 in French and English editions. Original frontispiece and Verve 29-30 cover reproduced in lithography following title page and imprint. Teriade, the publisher of Verve: "We have published this series of drawings in its entirety. They form an organic whole, born of a surging uprush of the creative spirit, and to have omitted any one of its elements would have been a mutilation. All the drawings are reproduced in the exact size of the originals and in the chronological order of their making." Picasso created them during a situation of personal and artistic crisis - and ended by producing one of his finest and boldest series of drawings. Color lithography by Mourlot and heliogravures by Draeger Freres. 12 of the 180 drawings are in color. The cover was designed by Picasso especially for this work. Dustjacket with major chips along spine and back cover, medium and small chips along edges of front cover; flaps mostly intact. Binding with light wear along edges, light chipping and scuffing along bottom edges. Inside cover gutters reinforced with pigeon blue cloth tape. Endpaper and title page lightly age-toned along edges.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: SIXTEEN FULL PAGE LITHOGRAPHS printed by Mourlot Freres. A Suite of 180 Drawings By Picasso; November 28, 1954-February 3, 1954; Picasso the Human Comedy, published as the Verve French edition double-number 29-30. Hard bound in dust jacket. Text is by Michael Leiris, with an appreciation by Rebecca West. Preface by Teriade. Wear to dust jacket that shows several tears. Upper spine edge chipped. Binding split at the hinges, but with text block complete. The color lithographs are all clean with color bright. A VERY RARE edition! [Heavy - Please contact for overseas shipping quote]
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1725.00 + shipping
Description: Illustr, 14.25 x 10.5, pict red boards, cover edges quite worn, hinges loose, old ink presentation inscription from former owner on front fly else a nice, clean copy of this scarce title, in edge-worn, edge torn, rubbed and worn dust jacket. The US edition was taken from VERVE 29-30 with the color illustrated title page reproduced. 12 full color lithos plus Verve title page and three other color illustr; plus b&w.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Pablo Picasso. Verve N° 29 - 30. Suite de 180 dessins de Picasso.. Verve, Paris, 1954.
Price: US$2227.74 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: In 4 , cartonnage illustré d'éditeur. Edition illustrée de 16 planches en couleurs en lithographie imprimées par Mourlot ainsi que 164 héliogravures imprimées par Draeger. Exemplaire en parfait état.
Seller: La Basse Fontaine, VENCE, France
Price: US$2555.43 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4° Gr. 4° - Original Color Lithograph (Mourlot) Color & B/w Illustrations (Draeger). Double Number 29/30 of Verve in the French Edition dedicated to Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France. Original Cover especially designed by Picasso (Lithograph). Spine with slightly signs of wear otherwise in Very good condition
Seller: °ART...on paper - 20th Century Art Books, Lugano, Switzerland
Price: US$11017.93 + shipping
Description: Edition of 75. Signed in pencil by Picasso lower left, numbered lower right. Verve blind stamp lower left. One of 15 prints published as a portfolio of loose plates for Verve No. 29-30, titled Suite de 15 dessins de Picasso. Printed by Mourlot, Paris. Lithograph in colours on Arches watermarked wove paper, all edges untrimmed. Image size: 23.8 x 31.7 cm. Sheet size: 28.5 x 37.5 cm. Framed size: 43.7 x 50.2 cm. Excellent condition. Presented in a handmade gold leaf frame with conservation acrylic glazing.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$11017.93 + shipping
Description: Edition of 75. Signed in pencil by Picasso lower left, numbered lower right. Verve blind stamp lower left. One of 15 prints published as a portfolio of loose plates for Verve No. 29-30, titled Suite de 15 dessins de Picasso. Printed by Mourlot, Paris. Lithograph in colours on Arches wove paper, all edges untrimmed. Image size: 23.9 x 31.8 cm. Sheet size: 26.7 x 37.1 cm. Framed size: 43.8 x 50.2 cm. Toning to margins, hidden by the mount. Presented in a handmade gold leaf frame with conservation acrylic glazing.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom