PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973) et Paul ÉLUARD (1895-1952) - photo 1
PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973) et Paul ÉLUARD (1895-1952) - photo 2

PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973) et Paul ÉLUARD (1895-1952)

Lot 168
05.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1487795
Lot 168 | PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973) et Paul ÉLUARD (1895-1952)
Estimate value
€ 20 000 – 30 000
PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973) et Paul ÉLUARD (1895-1952)
Le Visage de la Paix. Paris : Éditions Cercle d’Art, 1951.

Exemplaire de tête avec lithographie originale de Pablo Picasso, enrichi sur un feuillet blanc d'un grand dessin original signé de Picasso, représentant une colombe.
Ce livre est le dernier fruit de la collaboration entre Picasso et Éluard, le poète disparaissant un an après sa parution. L'illustration est une série de variations sur le thème de la paix, où sont mis en relation un visage de femme et une colombe, oiseau désormais emblématique de l'oeuvre de Picasso. A la fin de la série, parachevant une sorte de ballet virevoltant, le corps de l'oiseau et le visage se confondent totalement. Chacun des 29 dessins reproduits est accompagné d'un poème. Quelques mois après avoir terminé la série, Picasso réalise une lithographie originale, destinée aux exemplaires de tête. Sa composition est dans la lignée des précédents dessins, mais le visage est désormais clairement identifiable : il s'agit de celui de Françoise Gilot.
Ce programme iconographique est en quelque sorte parachevé dans le présent exemplaire par le grand dessin original de Picasso qui orne son premier feuillet blanc.
Goeppert-Cramer, Picasso, n°62 ; Picasso et le livre d’artiste, cat. 3, lithographie rep. p. 6.

In-4 (283 x 223 mm). Édition originale. Un des 150 exemplaires de tête sur vélin pur fil Johannot, les seuls à comprendre la lithographie originale, celui-ci le n°CXIII. En frontispice, 1 lithographie originale de Pablo Picasso sur papier report, réservée aux exemplaires de tête. Reproductions couleurs de 29 dessins de l’artiste (comme toujours, reports des illustrations, quelques piqûres, légers reports de la partie rempliée de la couverture sur le dessin).
Exemplaire enrichi, sur son premier feuillet blanc, d'un grand dessin original signé de Pablo Picasso, aux crayons rouge et bleu, représentant une colombe tenant dans son bec un rameau d'olivier. Le Comité Picasso a confirmé l’authenticité de cette œuvre. Un certificat sera remis à l'acquéreur.
Broché, sous couverture en papier vélin beige.

Deluxe copy of the first edition, one of 150, the only ones comprising the original transfer lithograph by Pablo Picasso. The copy is enriched with a large original signed drawing by Picasso, made with colour pencils, depicting the totemic as the symbol of peace.
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