PICASSO (Pablo) The Beggar Brother or Libro del... Lot 95

PICASSO (Pablo) The Beggar Brother or Libro del Conocimiento. Los viajes en Africa... 1 vol. gd in-folio (34,3x42,2) in ff. cover in Auvergne paper covered with filled parchment illustrated with 2 drypoints on the boards, printed folder. Paris Latitud Cuarenta y Uno [Iliazd] 1959. Work illustrated with 24 superb original drypoints, 8 of them with double subject. Limited edition of only 54 copies on Japon Ancien, (n° 2), signed by PICASSO and the publisher in red pencil. Without the slipcase. Travel book illustrated by PICASSO. Account of the "Beggar Brother", a Spanish Franciscan monk of the XIVth century who had traveled in Africa (notably in Guinea and Ghana) before the colonization. The editor Iliazd loved travelogues and was very interested in black Africa. He had married a black princess in 1943. Picasso willingly collaborated in this Franco-Spanish enterprise as a tribute to Black Africa and its civilization. Ref : Cramer n° 98