The Impressive Picasso 347

Pablo Picasso; Aldo & Piero Crommelynck (text). PICASSO 347. New York: Random House and Maecenas Press, [1970]. First edition stated. Hardcover. Cream cloth-backed and gilt-stamped black boards, with purple endpapers, top edge gilt, in original matching clamshell box lined in purple velveteen. (2) oblong folios; vol. I 22pp. plus engravings 1-178; vol. II engravings 179-347.

17 5/8 x 12 1/2 in. in box

Picasso 347 includes the 347 intaglio prints that Picasso created while he was in Mougins in 1968. From the Publisher's Note: "There is no point in comparing Picasso to other artists; he stands Olympian and alone. Though not himself immortal, with these 347 gravures this legendary figure has given the world one more immortal work" (p.18).

Boards with soiling, light foxing to cloth, and slightly bowed; small stains and foxing (almost exclusively at page edges), and light wear to endpapers, otherwise lovely interiors; clamshell box with soiling, a couple of small stains, scuffing, foxing, and minor edge wear.