Pablo PICASSO: London Bulletin October 1938 Number 6 / 1st Edition
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London Bulletin. October 1938 - [Number] 6 [cover title] Author: [PICASSO, Pablo] Title: London Bulletin. October 1938 - [Number] 6 [cover title] Publication: London, The London Gallery Ltd., 1938 Edition: First Edition Description: Quarto, 32 pages with 20 illustrations (including 4 line illustrations and 15 reproduced from photographs) plus advertising on all four surfaces of the covers. Saddle-sewn grey wrappers printed in blue; tiny stain and light creasing to the bottom margin of the rear wrapper and the last four leaves; some text leaves printed on acidic paper, resulting in some tanning, offsetting and light foxing; contemporary inkstamp on the inside rear wrapper ('No... from the Library of the Gayer-Anderson Hostel for Art Students, Lavenham'); a very good copy. Edited by E.L.T. Mesens and Roland Penrose. 'Since its appearance in April of this year "London Bulletin" has assumed the position of the only avant garde publication in this country concerned with contemporary poetry and art. Although its first number was practically a monograph, by various hands, concentrated on the work of the surrealist Rene Magritte, it has rapidly extended its range, reflecting besides exhibitions of paintings, other activities of living interest in its pages' (the preamble to the order form on page 1). This issue concerns itself in the main with the three exhibitions advertised on the front cover: Picasso's 'Guernica' exhibition at the New Burlington Galleries, and the London Gallery's
- Publisher: The London Gallery Ltd
- Year: 1938
- Binding: Softcover
- Condition: Very Good
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