Picasso De 1916-1961. Portfolio With 24 Original Lithographs Jean Cocteau, Illustrated By Pablo Picasso

Picasso de 1916-1961. Text by Jean Cocteau. Illustrated by Pablo Picasso. Monaco:,Editions Rocher, 1962. Portfolio containing 24 lithographs, including two in full-page and one on the cover which bears a printed reproduction of Picasso and Cocteau's handwriting. The portfolio was produced by Cocteau to mark the occasion of the artist's 80th birthday and contains reproductions Picasso's major works from 1916-1961. It is signed in pencil on the colophon by both Picasso and Cocteau. Loose as issued and housed within the original green paper wrappers and guarded in a costumed slip chemise and slip case. Total edition 255 copies, of which this specific copy is one of the copies reserved for the artist and publisher, unnumbered, and printed on handmade paper with watermark facsimiles of the signatures of Picasso and Cocteau, as used on the first 56 copies. Ref: Cramer 117; Bloch 1037-60; Mourlot 359-81; Reuße 801-24.