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"Faune", Frontispice for Verve (cover Sylvette), vol. 8, No. 29/30,09/54. Private collection. - Photo by Edward Quinn

"Faune", Frontispice for Verve (cover Sylvette), vol. 8, No. 29/30,09/54. Private collection.

The frontispiece for the French art and literary review *Verve* (Vol. VIII, Nos. 29/30, September 1954), from a private collection. Pablo Picasso personalized this copy for Edward Quinn using colored pencils. Above a whimsical drawing of a faun, he wrote the dedication, "POUR mon ami Quinn." The page is signed "Picasso" and dated "Cannes, 25.12.56.", with colorful, wavy lines drawn around the publisher's information at the bottom.

Artworks:

  • "Faune", Frontispice for Verve (cover Sylvette), vol. 8, No. 29/30, 09/54. Signed and dedicated "pour mon ami Edward Quinn" 25.12.56. Private collection.

    • Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

Books, Signature

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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com
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