PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
P. A. Benoit: Pierres (Caricature)
the complete booklet with one drypoint and letterpress text
1958
on laid Gourbeyre paper, with proprietary watermarks and Double Heart
the print signed in pencil
with title, the poem by Benoit, and justification
copy number 25/36 from the total edition of 46 (there were some copies numbered in Roman numerals)
initialed by the author on the justification
printed and published by the author, Alès, 1958
the full sheets with deckle edges
loose leaves, thread-bound, with the original thin card covers
in very good condition
Plate 5,9 x 5,9 cm. (2³⁄₈ x 2³⁄₈ in.)
Sheets 11,3 x 11,7 cm. (4¹⁄₂ x 4⁵⁄₈ in.)
Overall 12 x 12,3 cm. (4³⁄₄ x 4⁷⁄₈ in.) (booklet)

Oscar Stern (1882-1961), Stockholm; then by descent; his posthumous sale, Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, 30 May 1964, lot 24.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.

G. Cramer, Pablo Picasso: Illustrated Books, Geneva, 1983, no. 93, pp. 242-243 (another impression ill.)
B. Baer & B. Geiser, Picasso - Peintre - Graveur, Bern, 1990, no. 1023, p. 360 (another impression ill.)