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Nouveau Cercle Parisien du Livre, Paris 1955, first edition, 140 copies (total edition 240), produced hors commerce for the members of the club and contributors. The edition contains 22 excellent original woodcuts (20 hors-texte) engraved by Georges Aubert after drawings by Pablo Picasso. This copy has an additional suite of 21 full-page woodcuts, printed on cream stock, in a separate wrapper portfolio inserted in the back. The total number of hors-texte (full-page) prints in this copy is 41. Picasso produced the drawings on Vollard's request to illustrate the play by André Suares. Large folio (18 x 13.5 inches; 441 x 328 mm), text in French, 203 pages, all leaves loose in 2 wrapper portfolios, boards chemise and slipcase. References: Monod no.10485; Rauch no.80; Johnson (Vollard) no.193; Solvay 861; Strachan "The Artist & The Book in France", p.340; Geiser-Bolliger 1955; Horodisch p.75; not in G-Cramer.
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