PICASSO (Pablo) - GARCIA LORCA (Federico). - Lot 120

PICASSO (Pablo) - GARCIA LORCA (Federico). Funeral song for Ignacio Sanchez Mejias. Bièvres: Pierre de Tartas, 1976. - In-folio, 370 x 280: 71 pp, (4 ff. last 2 blank), illustrated cover. Original edition of the translation by Randal Lemoine, illustrated by Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) with 5 original prints, including one on the cover, and 14 woodcuts, 4 in full-page color and 10 in black in the text. The woodcuts by Guy Descouens and the text were printed by Pierre Jean Mathan, while the original prints were printed by the ateliers Desclais. Edition of 306 copies signed by the publisher and stamped by C. et J. Heldt, huissiers de Justice associés à Versailles. This is one of the extremely rare copies printed on japon impérial. Unnumbered, it was specially printed for Pierre Jean Mathan and enriched with the following pieces, making it unique: - Suite of color woodcuts on Arches. - Suite of woodcuts on japon nacré. - Double suite of woodcuts on silk. - Suite of woodcuts on handmade paper from Moulin Richard de Bas. - Suite of black woodcuts on japon impérial. - An original print on japon nacré de couleur. A perfectly preserved copy.