Pablo Picasso looks at the 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 Madame Weill, a Paris publisher, the writer Michel Leiris, his wife Louise Leiris, owner with Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler of the Leiris Gallery Paris, André Weill, publisher of some deluxe editions of Pablo Picasso's work and Paulo Picasso. La Californie, Cannes 1959. - Photo by Edward Quinn

Pablo Picasso looks at the 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 Madame Weill, a Paris publisher, the writer Michel Leiris, his wife Louise Leiris, owner with Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler of the Leiris Gallery Paris, André Weill, publisher of some deluxe editions of Pablo Picasso's work and Paulo Picasso. La Californie, Cannes 1959.

At his villa La Californie in Cannes, Pablo Picasso points to a page in a deluxe edition of Pierre Reverdy's poems, which he has illustrated. Gathered around the table to hear his commentary are publisher Madame Weill, writer Michel Leiris, gallery owner Louise Leiris, and publisher André Weill. To the right, Picasso’s son, Paulo, leans on a chair with a cigarette, his attention also on the book, which lies open to display its bold, abstract patterns. (1959)


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Artworks:

  • "Dédicace de Reverdy (Pierre Reverdy, Le Chant des morts)"
  • Abbreviations: see Bibliography


Keywords:

Books, Writers

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