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DELGADO (José) alias Pepe Illo La Tauromaquia o arte de torear obra utilísima para los toreros de profesión, para los aficionados y para toda clase de sujetos que gusten de toros. 1 vol. gd in-folio oblong in ff. in folder illustrated with a drypoint by PICASSO representing a kite, a mountain and a bull that surround the title of the work and the editions La Cometa. Parchment case and slipcase of the same covered with a yellow cloth on the boards. In-fine 26 watercolors by PICASSO in large margins gd in-4 on Japon Antique, unsigned (26 sugar watercolors off-text and 1 drypoint on the cover by Pablo PICASSO, the whole unsigned, undated as all copies of the book. Printed at 263 copies on vellum of Guarro, watermarked with a bull's head motif drawn by the artist, this one 1 of 220 (n° 227). Barcelona Ed. Gustavo Gili 1959. It is joined 1 booklet of 4 pages presenting the 26 aquatints and 1 of 8 pages titled "La Cometa". This work had been ordered by Gustavo Gili father in 1927 for his collection of bibliophily of the "Ediciones de la Cometa" (Picasso alluded to it in the drypoint on the cover engraved with a penknife in Vauvenargues in 1959 on which appears a kite [cometa] in Spanish). The painter also executed the first seven copperplate etchings and Henry de Montherlant wrote the preface, but the wars in Spain and elsewhere put an end to the project. In 1956 Gustavo Gili Jr. called him back to Picasso. In the spring of 1957, in Cannes, a few days after the Easter bullfight he had attended in Arles, Picasso drew with a brush, directly on the copper, this shorthand of light and shadow of a bullfight ... The 26 aquatints accompany the text of the famous bullfighter Pepe Illo, which was, in 1796, the first manual for bullfighters and "aficionados". He died in 1801 in the bullring of Madrid. The copy is complete with the 4-page booklet presenting the 26 aquatints and the 8-page subscription booklet of the Editions "La Cometa". Slight foxing at the beginning of the book. Wear to the wrapping. Ref : Cramer n° 100
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DELGADO (José) alias Pepe Illo La Tauromaquia o arte de torear obra utilísima para los toreros de profesión, para los aficionados y para toda clase de sujetos que gusten de toros. 1 vol. gd in-folio oblong in ff. in folder illustrated with a drypoint by PICASSO representing a kite, a mountain and a bull that surround the title of the work and the editions La Cometa. Parchment case and slipcase of the same covered with a yellow cloth on the boards. In-fine 26 watercolors by PICASSO in large margins gd in-4 on Japon Antique, unsigned (26 sugar watercolors off-text and 1 drypoint on the cover by Pablo PICASSO, the whole unsigned, undated as all copies of the book. Printed at 263 copies on vellum of Guarro, watermarked with a bull's head motif drawn by the artist, this one 1 of 220 (n° 227). Barcelona Ed. Gustavo Gili 1959. It is joined 1 booklet of 4 pages presenting the 26 aquatints and 1 of 8 pages titled "La Cometa". This work had been ordered by Gustavo Gili father in 1927 for his collection of bibliophily of the "Ediciones de la Cometa" (Picasso alluded to it in the drypoint on the cover engraved with a penknife in Vauvenargues in 1959 on which appears a kite [cometa] in Spanish). The painter also executed the first seven copperplate etchings and Henry de Montherlant wrote the preface, but the wars in Spain and elsewhere put an end to the project. In 1956 Gustavo Gili Jr. called him back to Picasso. In the spring of 1957, in Cannes, a few days after the Easter bullfight he had attended in Arles, Picasso drew with a brush, directly on the copper, this shorthand of light and shadow of a bullfight ... The 26 aquatints accompany the text of the famous bullfighter Pepe Illo, which was, in 1796, the first manual for bullfighters and "aficionados". He died in 1801 in the bullring of Madrid. The copy is complete with the 4-page booklet presenting the 26 aquatints and the 8-page subscription booklet of the Editions "La Cometa". Slight foxing at the beginning of the book. Wear to the wrapping. Ref : Cramer n° 100
