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Picasso, Pablo: Picasso, LE GOUT DU BONHEUR, A Suite of Happy Playful, and Erotic Drawings ; New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. F/VF box has some rubbings, Introduction by Jean Marcenac, This Album comprises three of Picasso's studio sketchbooks dated respectively by the artist according to day, month, and year, as follows, 25-4-64 - 20-5-64, 15-9-64 - 6-10-64, 8-10-64 - 9-10-64. This is the sole edition of recreations that will ever be made of there hitherto unpublished drawings and three publishers have collaborated in its creation. Harry N, Abrams, Inc., New York, Editions cercle d'Art, Paris, Carl Schunemann Verlag, Bremen. The combined edition has been limited to 1998 Albums for the entire world, and these have been divided into three parallel but seperate editions, one for each of the participating publishers,and each separate edition has been numbered from 1 to 666. The re-creations in this Album were printed in the fall of 1970 in the studio of Guenther Dietz, Munich, under the personal supervision of Pablo Picasso. They are in the exact size of the original drawings, and were produced through a unique process that employs the same type of materials as used by the artist, instead of the usual printing inks. Grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, and charcoal are among the artist's materials used in making the re-creations in this Album. The paper is handmade and is pure rag Velin d'Arches.