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PABLO PICASSO: 2 STATEMENTS BY THE ARTIST, ALSO A COMMENT BY MERLE ARMITAGE - LIMITED EDITION WITH A SIGNED LITHOGRAPH BY GIOVANNI NAPOLITANO
(PICASSO, PABLO) (NAPOLITANO, PASQUALE GIOVANNI). Picasso, Pablo & Merle Armitage. New York & Los Angeles: Merle Armitage, 1936. First Edition 1/112. 12mo. Printed Boards. Artist Monograph. Very Good -/No Jacket - As Issued. 64pp, with an illustrated lithographic frontispiece. Designed by Merle Armitage. Printed by Lynton Kistler. In a clear acetate dustwrapper. This tiny jewel of a monograph designed, published, and with a brief text by the great Merle Armitage reprints in book form for the first time two essays in English on the nature of art by Pablo Picasso. An internally most handsome, unnumbered example of this exceedingly uncommon item limited to one hundred and twelve copies with a monochrome lithographic portrait of the master SIGNED "Giovanni Napolitano" in pencil on the recto, as issued, showing some starting to the rear hinge along with a bit of soiling to the top edge and bright yellow covers. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 024371