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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

Buste d'homme barbu au chapeau

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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Buste d'homme barbu au chapeau
aquatint, 1971, on wove paper, signed in red crayon, inscribed P, one of 17 lettered hors-commerce impressions, aside from the edition of 182, the full sheet, in very good condition, loose in a paper folder; with the book L'Hospital de Santa Creu i de Sant Pau (print and book), as issued, title, justification and text, published by Editorial Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, within the original paper covers with the title in gilt on a green leather label on the spine, and green paper-covered slipcase


Plate 118 x 89 mm., Sheet 300 x 232 mm.
320 x 260 mm. (overall)

Editorial Gustavo Gili, Barcelona.

Specialist note

This book was published to commemorate the establishment of the Reventós-Picasso Foundation in memory of Dr Cinto Reventos (?-1968). One of Picasso's closest friends as a youth, Reventós had been a respected physician at the Hospital of the Holy Cross and of Saint Paul in Barcelona. The project was the initiative of Gustau Gili Esteve and of his wife, Anna Maria, and Picasso donated this plate for the publication. Proceeds from the sale of the book were used to set up a specialist unit for respiratory illnesses in the hospital. The printing was completed on 25 October 1971, Picasso's 90th birthday.