Vingt poëmes de Góngora (Bloch 476 - 516; Baer 738 - 780; Cramer Books 51), Pablo Picasso

Property from the Collection of Isadore and Nancy Marder
Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
Vingt poëmes de Góngora (Bloch 476 - 516; Baer 738 - 780; Cramer Books 51)

The complete portfolio, comprising 41 etchings and aquatints, with text by Luis de Góngora y Argote, 1947-48, numbered 100 on the justifcation page (from the total edition of 275), loose (as issued) on Marais paper watermarked Gongora, published by Les Grande Peintres moderns et Livre, Paris, contained in the original greenish Auvergne wrappers, with olive green cloth boards and slipcase (41 prints)
sheets (unfolded): 380 by 562 mm 15 by 22⅛ in
overall: 408 by 299 by 60 mm 16 by 11¾ by 2¼ in

Condition Report:
The portfolio is in good condition. Sheets slightly toned, darker at the edges, and with an occasional tiny fox mark. The versos of several of the illustrated text pages with uneven discoloration. slightly uneven discoloration to edges of slipcase and boards. Paper lifting slightly at the corners of the slipcase. A small tear to the paper wrapper at the fold.