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PENROSE (VALENTINE)

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PENROSE (VALENTINE)

Female donors. Paris, Les Pas Perdus, 1951. In-folio, stapled, blanket full.
First edition with a preface by Paul Eluard, verses in French and English, adorned with numerous collages by Valentine Penrose illustrating her poems which appear here for the first
time.

One of the first 50 copies featuring an original Picasso etching "The Couple" in 3 states: a black, a brown and a green strikethrough print, all on China. Only the large papers contain the unbarred etching

.

Copy in very good condition.