Picasso dust jacket from early years
A jacket, with a mark from the artist on the front page indicating edition.
With my employment at the Phoenix Art Museum we would have the first pick from the extended library sale of discarded books. I wanted to attempt as many one of a kind editions as possible.
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The item presented appears to be a first edition copy of "Picasso: the Early Years" by Jiri Padrta, published by by Paul Hamlyn, London, 1959. The book includes a preface written by Jean Cocteau and features his in-plate signature at the end. The book features 29 facsimile tipped-in color plates. The cover features an image of Picasso's 1909 oil painting "Harlequin Bust."
The estimate provided is based on recent auction estimates and results of a first edition cop of the book with the dust cover.
