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PICASSO. GOLL, IVAN (Yvan). Elegie d´Ihpetonga, suivie de Masques de Cendre. Paris (Éditions Hémisphères) 1949.

4to (335x255 mm.) (31) ll. 4 original lithograph plates by Pablo Picasso.
Loose as issued in original wrappers with glassine wrappers, slightly worn, small tear to upper part of spine. Limited edition of 220 copies, this number 69 of 180 on Velin de Rives pur chiffon.

The Artist & the Book 236, Bloch, Livres 52. Lithographs printed by Mourlot Frères.
Ihpetonga means ´´high cliffs´´, the name given by the Canarsie Indians to the part of Brooklyn which is today known as Columbia Heights.
The French poet Yvan Goll (1898-1950) lived in New York from 1939 to 1947.
ÉLÉGIE D´IHPETONGA, which is dedicated to Picasso, reflects on Goll´s New York experiences. In the book, the title is explained: Ihpetonga, meaning "high cliff", was the name that the Canarsie Indians gave to the part of Brooklyn that overlooks the port of New York. Goll´s poem contrasts the infernal city with incantations of an Indian Squaw banished from her land, whose totems wreak a terrible vengence.
The second part of the book is comprised of seven poems titled MASQUES DE CENDRE, dedicated to Goll´s wife Claire. The poems speak ardently of life consumed by words, looks, love, sickness, and, ultimately, death.
Picasso chose to make 4 masks of fauns as illustrations. (http://emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/44620).

Auktionsnummer:

6063

Datum:

2019-12-11