Woodcut on velin de Montval-Maillol paper. Paper Size: 17.3 x 12.6 inches; image size: 11.4 x 8.7 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonne references: Johnson, Una E. Ambroise Vollard, Editeur: Prints, Books, Bronzes. Museum of Modern Art; Distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1977, Illustration 193. Monod, Luc. Manuel de L'amateur de Livres Illustres Modernes: 1875-1975. Ides & Calendes, 1992, illustration 10485. Condition: Very good/excellent, consistent with age. Notes: From the folio, Helene chez Archimede, illustrations de Pablo Picasso, 1955. Published by Nouveau Cercle Parisien du Livre, Paris; printed by Fequet et Baudier, Paris, October 6, 1955. Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), Executed at the request of Ambroise Vollard, the XXII illustrations of Pablo Picasso, engraved on wood by Georges Aubert, were used for the "Nouveau Cercle Parisien du Livre" by MM. Daniel Sickles and Maxime Denesle, commissaires au livre, CCXL examples were drawn from this album, namely: CXL examples, numbered from I to CXL, reserved for members of the society and its employees; C examples, numbered in Roman numerals from I to C. Completed printing in Paris, on October 6, 1955, on the presses of Fequet et Baudier. PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and the anti-war painting Guernica (1937), a dramatic portrayal of the bombing of Guernica by German and Italian air forces during the Spanish Civil War. Exceptionally prolific throughout the course of his long life, Picasso achieved universal renown and immense fortune for his revolutionary artistic accomplishments, and became one of the best-known figures in 20th-century art. In May 2015, Pablo Picasso's painting, Les Femmes d'Alger (Version O), sold for $179.4 million USD at Christie's New York, setting a world record for the artist.

Very good/excellent, consistent with age