Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Francesco Pétrarque (1304-1374)
Cinq sonnets de Pétrarque
At The Fountain of Vaucluse, 1947
Quarto (33 × 25.2 cm), printed cover.
First edition of Louis Aragon's anonymous translation
Illustration: 1 etching by Pablo Picasso, as the frontispiece.
From an edition of 110 copies. One of 100 copies on Arches wove paper (n°87), with an handwritten proverb by Aragon: "Enfant du diable qui a le derrière velu" ("Child of the devil who has a hairy behind") (each copy bears a different proverb).
With an autograph signed by Louis Aragon: "to Georges Hugnet, / honni soit qui mal y pense / Le traducteur".
Provenance: Georges Hugnet (mailing).
Bibliography:
-P. Cramer, Pablo Picasso. Les livres illustrés, n°47.
-B. Geiser, B. Baer, Picasso, Peintre-Graveur, III, 698.
