Pablo Picasso shows the first copy of a deluxe edition of a book of poems by Pierre Reverdy, for which he has made the illustrations. Gathered around him as he comments on the book are Lucie Weill, the writer Michel Leiris, his wife Louise Leiris, owner with Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler of the Leiris Gallery Paris, a Paris publisher and André Weill, publisher of some deluxe editions of Pablo Picasso's work. La Californie, Cannes 1959.

At his villa La Californie in Cannes, Pablo Picasso presents the first copy of a deluxe edition of poems by Pierre Reverdy, for which he created the illustrations. He is surrounded by an attentive group, 1959. Looking on are writer Michel Leiris; his wife Louise Leiris, co-owner of the Galerie Leiris; publisher André Weill; and Lucie Weill. The intimate gathering is focused with quiet concentration on the large open book as the artist turns a page.

Artworks:

"Pierre Reverdy, Le Chant des morts ", 1948
"Intérieur avec femme dans un rocking-chair", 1956. Westheider:32

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

Books, PersonNotIdentified, Writers

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