Pablo Picasso
Explore Picasso-related illustrated books in the Breething Books catalog. The works below use different print processes and belong to different editions; their individual descriptions record the copy, contents and condition offered.
Picasso’s work in print and in books
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) treated printmaking as a place to explore the act of making art. In the Vollard Suite, produced in the 1930s, artists, models and sculptures recur; an image of Rembrandt places Picasso’s own inventions in dialogue with an earlier master. The printed sheet could sustain a sequence of ideas, rather than simply reproduce a painting.
Illustrated books offer another way into this work: an image encounters a poem or a critical text, and the reader discovers it through the pace of turning pages. The books here connect Picasso with Eugenio d’Ors, Georges Hugnet and Jean Cocteau. Their pochoirs, zincographs and lithographs have different physical qualities, so the process and edition are part of the experience of collecting them.
Cataloged books and editions
Four pochoirs: Pablo Picasso (1930)
Eugenio d’Ors’ French-language monograph is cataloged as copy 290 of 550, with four hand-colored pochoir plates. View the 1930 monograph.
Original lithographs: Picasso de 1916 à 1961 (1962)
This Jean Cocteau collaboration is cataloged as a reserved copy signed by Picasso and Cocteau, with 24 original lithographs. It is offered by inquiry. View the signed reserved copy.
Zincographs: La Chèvre-Feuille (1943)
Georges Hugnet’s poetry collection contains six zincographs after Picasso compositions. This is standard copy 400, within the numbered 26–525 issue; the catalog records a total edition of 534. It is not the deluxe issue with the additional etching. View copy 400.
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Edition notes
Picasso de 1916 à 1961: edition, signatures and physical format
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Further reading
Background: a black-and-white illustration from Picasso de 1916 à 1961 (1962), the Picasso–Cocteau volume in the collection.