Two pen and ink drawings, double-page, and extensive inscriptions in ink in the bound volume Matricule 2078 (L'affaire Henri Martin), 1954. 188x112mm; 7 1/2x4 1/2 inches (both sheets overall). Signed by Picasso in ink, center right page, additionally dedicated, dated and signed by Paulo Picasso, the artist's son, Laurent Casanova, politician, and Hélène Parmelin, author, in ink on each sheet.
Provenance: Galerie François Miron, Paris, with the label; private collection, New York.
Picasso (1881-1973) joined the French Communist Party (PCF) in 1944 and remained a loyal member. Through his involvement with the PCF he met Hélène Parmelin and Laurent Casanova. Parmelin (1915-1998) was as an editor at L'humanité, the PCF newspaper, and Casanova (1906-1972) was a resistance fighter and Communist deputy. They both became life-long friends with Picasso through their shared political interests.
