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Eluard, Paul (1895-1952) & Picasso, Miró, Tanguy et alia. Solidarité.
Paris: Guy Levis Mano, April 1938.
First edition, limited issue, octavo; number 44 of 150 copies on Montval paper, signed by Eluard in pencil at the end of the French poem and translator Brian Coffey at the end of the inserted English translation; illustrated with 7 original etchings by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Yves Tanguy, Andre Masson, John Buckland Wright, Dalla Husband, and Stanley William Hayter, all of which are numbered "44/150" and signed by the respective artist in pencil in the lower margin, their tissue guards preserved; loose as issued in the original cloth-backed portfolio with linen ties, this copy with "Printed in France" handwritten on front board; 9 x 6 1/2 in.
Eluard's poem condemning the Spanish Civil War originally appeared in the French Communist Party newspaper, l'Humanité in 1936. He and Picasso were close friends and supported each other's political and social concerns through their artistic and literary collaborations. It was Eluard who introduced Picasso to one of his most famous muses, Dora Maar (1907-1997), three years earlier. A renowned photographer, painter, and poet in her own right, Maar's activism inspired Picasso to explore political themes in his work. She influenced many of his early political pieces, including his anti-war masterpiece, Guernica in 1937. Fittingly, Picasso's contribution to Solidarité ia portrait Maar, enshrining the three artists' friendship in this remarkable work.
