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Solidarité
Illustrated by: Pablo Picasso (Spanish (worked in France), 1881–1973)
Illustrated by: Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893–1983)
Illustrated by: Yves Tanguy (French, 1900–1955)
Illustrated by: André Masson (French, 1896–1987)
Illustrated by: John Buckland Wright (New Zealander, 1897–1954)
Illustrated by: Dalla Husband (Canadian, 1899–1945)
Illustrated by: Stanley William Hayter (English (active in France and the United States), 1901–1988)
Text by: Paul Eluard (French, 1895–1952)
Text by: Sir Stephen Harold Spender (British, 1909–1995)
Printer and Publisher: Guy Lévis Mano (French, 20th century)
Printer: Atelier 17, New York
Illustrated by: Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893–1983)
Illustrated by: Yves Tanguy (French, 1900–1955)
Illustrated by: André Masson (French, 1896–1987)
Illustrated by: John Buckland Wright (New Zealander, 1897–1954)
Illustrated by: Dalla Husband (Canadian, 1899–1945)
Illustrated by: Stanley William Hayter (English (active in France and the United States), 1901–1988)
Text by: Paul Eluard (French, 1895–1952)
Text by: Sir Stephen Harold Spender (British, 1909–1995)
Printer and Publisher: Guy Lévis Mano (French, 20th century)
Printer: Atelier 17, New York
1938
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with seven intaglio prints
Dimensions
Overall (with portfolio): 22.9 x 17.2 x 0.9 cm (9 x 6 3/4 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Susan W. Paine
Accession Number1999.693.1-9
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: G. L. M., 1938
Catalogue Raisonné
Cramer, Miró livres illustrés, 004; Black and Moorhead 111; Goeppert, Picasso Illustrated Books, 29; Geiser/Baer, Picasso, 635
Description(Paris: G. L. M., 1938) Octavo; 6 ff. plus 7 plates; original publisher's printed wrappers, [original?] half black cloth portfolio, gray paper boards (gray manila folder, tan cloth spine).
Portfolio with two poems and 7 prints. This is copy 133 [135?] from an edition of 150, plus several copies for collaborators. The second poem, "Fall of a City" by Stephen Spender, is not mentioned on the title page, but was used in a related 1939 portfolio, Fraternité (MFA copy: 1999.694.1-10). It is possible that it isn't integral to this publication; occasionally copies are found with an English translation of Eluard's poem, not present here. The letterpress was printed by G. L. M. (Guy Louis Mano); the plates were printed at Atelier 17 (Hayter's workshop).
Portfolio with two poems and 7 prints. This is copy 133 [135?] from an edition of 150, plus several copies for collaborators. The second poem, "Fall of a City" by Stephen Spender, is not mentioned on the title page, but was used in a related 1939 portfolio, Fraternité (MFA copy: 1999.694.1-10). It is possible that it isn't integral to this publication; occasionally copies are found with an English translation of Eluard's poem, not present here. The letterpress was printed by G. L. M. (Guy Louis Mano); the plates were printed at Atelier 17 (Hayter's workshop).
InscriptionsNumbered below colophon on final leaf in red pencil: 135 [133?]
ProvenanceAcquired (for $500) from Lucien Goldschmidt, NY, on May 1, 1965, by Susan W. Paine, by whom given to MFA, December 31, 1999.
Copyright© 2011 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.