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TITLE: Picasso Posters

A catalogue raisonné for admirers of Picasso's work and for poster historians. 293 posters reproduced in colour and B/W. Picasso's original posters are highlighted as 54 tipped-in colour plates.

by Christopher Czwiklitzer

DESCRIPTION

Large book with 295 colour and B/W illustrations, including 54 tipped-in colour plates which are suitable for framing. The author spent seven years carefully documenting every Picasso poster made from 1938 to 1971 with detailed indexes.

Random House, NY, 1970, Hardcover in dustjacket, First American Edition

• Price: $225.00 ($CAD, Canadian dollars)
• Stock ID: PIC171bv

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BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS

• Title: Picasso Posters
• Credits:

  Christopher Czwiklitzer (compiled by), Jean Adhemar (text), Charles Perusseaux (text), Pablo Picasso (illustrations),

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House, NY
• Publication Date: 1971
• Edition: First American Edition
• ISBN: 0394472225
• Format: Hardcover
• Binding: Blue Cloth on boards
• Condition:

  Fine - near new condition, crisp and clean

• Dustjacket: Very Good - light shelf wear, clipped inside corner
• Illustrations: of colour and B/W illustrations, including 54 tipped-in colour plates.
• Pages: 365 pages, as numbered (but there is a page 53A with a tipped-in colour plate inserted before page 54)
• Dimensions (HxWxD): 13.63 x 10.5 x 2.25 inches | 34.5 x 26.5 x 5.5 cm
• Weight: 9lb, 12.1 oz | 4443 grams

SYNOPSIS

Picasso’s Posters

Contents include
365 pages, white endpapers

copyright 1970/1971 by Christopher Czwiklitzer
copyright 1970/1971 by Pablo Picasso and SPADEM
Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York,
and simultaneously published in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
Originally published in French in Switzerland as “Les affiches de Picasso” by Art C.C. S.A., Basel
Manufactured in Switzerland
First American Edition

p.9 “The Art Poster” text by Jean Adhemar, Chief curator of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris – a brief summation of the beginnings of French poster art and an expression of gratitude to Christopher Czwiklitzer “for having produced a book with his customary zeal and care for admirers of the master and for historians of the poster.”
p.11 “The Posters of Pablo Picasso” text by Charles Perusseaux, Curator, Poster Department, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
p.13 “Picasso Posters” text by Christopher Czwiklitzer
P.17 Part One: Original Posters From 1948 to 1966
– consists of 54 pages of heavy matte paper, each with a tipped-in colour plate (pages are numbered 53 followed by page 53A, inserted before page 54), for a total of 54 plates.
p.129 Part Two: Posters printed by various reproductive methods from 1939 to 1971
– in this section only, the paper is a lighter-weight semi-gloss, with colour and B/W reproductions printed on both sides of the pages
p.301 Chronological Index – with full details, includes thumbnail images
pp.357-365 Geographical Index – with full details

ISBN 0394472225
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 75-163490

BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

• Pablo Picasso (Spanish-French, 1881-1973)
• Christopher Czwiklitzer - no biographic info located

This book is categorized as shown below. Click on the red links below to see more books and art in these categories.
by Artist: Pablo, Pablo Picasso, Picasso
by Collection: Abstract, Advertising, Black & White, Book, Circus, Contemporary, Dustjacket, Fantasy, First Edition, Hardcover, Historical, Humour, Modern
by Book Attribute: Dustjacket, English Text, First Edition, Hardcover, Illustrations

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