Country of Origin: Germany,Year Printed: 1954,Topic: Fine Arts: Monographs,Binding: Hardcover,Illustrator: Pablo Picasso,Author: Kurt Kusenberg,Subject: Art & Photography,Original/Facsimile: Original,Language: German,Publisher: Piper-Bucherei Verlag,Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated, Rare out of Print THIS PABLO PICASSO RARE VINTAGE 1954 FIRST EDITION MID CENTURY MODERNIST FINE ART LITHOGRAPH PRINT COLLECTOR'S HARDCOVER ART BOOK IS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE BOOK TO ADD TO YOUR LIBRARY COLLECTION. THE MID CENTURY MODERNIST ART BOOK IS PUBLISHED BY PIPER-BUCHEREI, PRINTED IN GERMANY IN 1954 IN AN UNNUMBERED LIMITED EDITION BY THORMANN & GOETSCH, BERLIN, COPYRIGHT 1953 BY R. PIPER & CO. VERLAG MUNCHEN, COVER DESIGN BY GERHARD M. HOTOP. IT FEATURES A MONOGRAPH SURVEY OF FINE ART LITHOGRAPH PRINTS BY PABLO PICASSO, WITH ACCOMPANIED GERMAN LANGUAGE TEXT BY AUTHOR KURT KUSENBERG. THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR TRUE PABLO PICASSO AND MID CENTURY MODERNIST FANS AND COLLECTORS BOTH AS THIS EXQUISITELY PRESENTED INTIMATE FORMAT FINE ART LITHOGRAPH PRINT ART BOOK IS LONG OUT OF PRINT AND VERY SCARCE TO FIND. PABLO PICASSO ( 1881 - 1973 ) WAS A SPANISH BORN PAINTER, SCULPTOR, PRINTMAKER, CERAMICIST, POET AND PLAYWRIGHT WHO SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE IN FRANCE. HE IS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. 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 MOST WELL KNOWN FIGURES IN 20TH CENTURY ART. THE RARE OUT OF PRINT MID CENTURY MODERNIST FINE ART BOOK MEASURES 4 7/8" W X 7 1/2" H X 1/4" D, WITH 64 PAGES. IT FEATURES 54 ILLUSTRATIONS INCLUDING THE COVERS, WITH 45 FULL PAGE LITHOGRAPH PRINT IMAGES. IT IS IN EXCELLENT CLEAN VINTAGE CONDITION CONSISTENT WITH AGE, LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING, AND SOME VISIBLE LIGHT TO MODERATE WEAR ON THE COVERS. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR CONDITION REFERENCE.