Nov 10, 2009 - Sale 2195

Sale 2195 - Lot 228

Price Realized: $ 66,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 30,000 - $ 50,000
WITH THE SIGNED LIMITED EDITION SUITE PICASSO, PABLO. (after). Verve 29 / 30. Picasso and the Human Comedy: A Suite of 180 Drawings by Picasso (Suite de 180 Dessins de Picasso). Edited and with text by Michel Leiris. 16 color lithographs after Picasso printed by Mourlot and numerous heliogravures. Separate suite of 15 signed lithographs. Folio, publisher's color pictorial boards; dust jacket with image designed by Picasso, price-clipped, few short clean tears; custom cloth chemise and green morocco-backed slipcase lettered in gold. Suite laid into separate matching cloth chemise. American Edition. Paris: Verve; New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., (1954)

Additional Details

one of only 75 copies with 15 signed lithographs in a separate portfolio containing the lithographed wrappers and title-page. Each lithograph numbered 32/75 and signed by Picasso, in pencil, lower left. Plates measure 240x322 mm; 9 1/2x12 3/4 inches, full margins, with the Verve Editions blind stamp, lower left..