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2V Set Pablo PICASSO 347 First Edition Slipcase

Title: Picasso 347
Author: uncredited
Publisher: Random House/Maecenas Press
Printing Year: 1970 Stated First Edition, complete two-volume set in slipcase

Details/Condition: Bound in their original black cloth boards with gilt embossing, this folio set is a scarce chronicling of Picasso work. Pablo Picasso was never shy about depicting eroticism in his work. From his earliest drawings to his last series, sex in all its pathos, pain, humor and lust is a constant influence, and his famous 347 series was no exception. Produced in a torrent at the age of eighty-seven, Suite 347 was Picasso's penultimate series of prints made in collaboration with the master printers Aldo and Piero Crommelynck at their studio at Mougins, in the South of France. Completed between March and October, 1968, the series was originally created as illustrations for Fernando de Roja's 1499 novel La Célestine illustrating the life of an ageing procuress. The subject matter, however, is more of human encounters, described by Picasso himself as 'theatrum mundi' and was influenced by his own life, his art, and the art of other masters such as Rembrandt, Degas, Velázquez, and Goya. The result is a series of delicately drawn erotic encounters that are both touching in their humanity and sensual in their depiction. (courtesy of artnet). The volumes are in very good condition with near-pristine glossy pages. The plush-lined slipcase is intact with some scuffing on the back. The slipcase measures approximately 12.5" x 17.75". Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $20.50