Nov 10, 2009 - Sale 2195

Sale 2195 - Lot 225

Price Realized: $ 2,706
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(PICASSO, PABLO.) Marcenac, Jean. Le Gout de Bonheur: A Suite of Happy, Playful and Erotic Drawings. English text. 71 high-quality reproductions of Picasso's studio sketchbook drawings, several in color. 4to, contents loose as issued in chemise and linen folding box with snap closure, very light wear. New York: Harry Abrams, 1970

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copy 207 of 666 numbered copies printed for Harry N. Abrams and "the sole edition of re-creations that will ever be made of these hitherto unpublished drawings." The colophon states that the plates were produced under the personal supervision of Picasso and using a variety of media including crayon, pencil, charcoal, and lithographic tusche that Picasso employed himself in the creation of the originals.