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Leather bound book with additional leather chemise folded over covers; separate slipcase; slipcase and chemise hand-painted with mostly abstract designs (c. 1942) both geometric and organic; predominately light blue, brown, black, red, yellow; bird-like figures on front of book; face-like sun on back; front and back endleaves of book painted similarly 12 etchings by Picasso and 67 wood engravings after drawings by Picasso Hand-painted decorations by John D. Graham.

%C2%A9 Estate of Pablo Picasso %2F Artists Rights Society %28ARS%29%2C New York

Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu, 1931

Illustrations by Pablo Picasso; Author: Honoré de Balzac; Artist: Hand-painted chemise, slipcase, and endleaves by John Graham; Engraver: Wood engravings by Georges Aubert, Paris, France; Book Binder: Marrianne; Publisher: Ambroise Vollard; Printer: Louis Fort, Paris, France (etchings); Printer: Georges Aubert, Paris, France (wood engravings); Printer: Aimé Jourde, Paris, France (text, typography)

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