230 - Pablo Picasso - Yvan Goll. *Élégie d’Iphétonga*. Followed by *Masques de Cendre*. Illustrated with four original lithographs by Pablo Picasso. Paris, Éditions Hémisphères, 1949. With four full-page lithographs by Pablo Picasso. Loose double-page sheets in an original handmade paper cover.

Pablo Picasso - Yvan Goll. *Élégie d’Iphétonga*. Followed by *Masques de Cendre*. Illustrated with four original lithographs by Pablo Picasso. Paris, Éditions Hémisphères, 1949. With four full-page lithographs by Pablo Picasso. Loose double-page sheets in an original handmade paper cover. Auction start time: approx. 3:03 p.m. (schedule subject to change) First edition. - One of 180 copies on “Vélin de Rives” (total print run 220). - Picasso drew the lithographs on April 11, 1949. - Includes the text “Élégie d’iphétonga,” dedicated to Picasso, in which Goll describes his experiences during his exile in New York, and “Masques de Cendre,” seven poems dedicated to his wife. - “Of Native American origin, the name ‘Ibpé-tonga (High Cliff)’ is the original name for the area now known as ‘Columbia Heights’ in the New York borough of Brooklyn.” /Güse/Rau). - An English translation was published in 1954. - Rare and in very good condition. Goeppert/Cramer 53. - Bloch 605–608 and livres 52. - Mourlot 177. - Güse/Rau 479–482. - Monod 5562. - Rauch 71. - A&B 236 33.0 × 25.5 cm. [60] pages. English description: With four full-page lithographs by Pablo Picasso. Loose double-sheets in an original handmade paper wrapper. First edition. - One of 180 copies on “Vélin de Rives” (total print run of 220). - Picasso drew the lithographs on April 11, 1949. - Includes the text “Élégie d’iphétonga,” dedicated to Picasso, in which Goll describes his experiences during his exile in New York (1939–1947), and “Masques de Cendre,” seven poems dedicated to his wife. - An English translation was published in 1954. - Extremely rare and in excellent condition.