Picasso

2 ISSUES of ABC DE LAS AMERICAS memorializing Picasso after his death on April 8 1973: ABC DE LAS AMERICAS Nueva York 5-11 mayo 1973 Ano 2 Numero 30 and Nueva York 11-16 mayo 1973 Ano 2 Numero 31.

1973 · réf. 98895 — Long Island City NY: Ediciones y Publicaciones Hispanoamericanas Inc. 1973. 1973. Very good. - Quarto 12-5/8 inches high by 9-1/2 inches wide. Softcovers two issues each bound in color pictorial stapled wraps. The covers are very slightly soiled with minor chips to the spine where stapled. There are very minor creases to the edges. 65 & 3 pages including the covers; and 64 & 4 pages including the covers. Both issues are illustrated in color and black & white including profuse depictions of Pablo Picasso and his art work. Very good. The first issue of May 5-11 1973 Volume 2 Number 30 is devoted to the Picasso Museum of Barcelona "El Mejor 'Museo Picasso' del Mundo: BARCELONA". The Barcelona museum has the second largest collection of Picasso paintings in the world only after the Picasso Museum in Paris. It specializes in the early years of Picasso in Spain. This issue publishes articles from the World press on the death of Picasso. Included are articles by Miguel Angel Gozalo Alfonso Barra Eugenio Montes and Andres Travesti. The 11 page article on the Museo Picasso is written by Teresa Toda and is profusely illustrated in color and black & white. The second issue of May 12-18 1973 Volume 2 Number 31 is devoted almost entirely to Picasso and is profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Picasso was a contributor to the Sunday Supplement of "ABC de Madrid". This issue reprints one of his articles where he narrates his life experience and his opinions on the new generation of young people "Picasso Cuenta Cosas de Picasso". There is a lengthy article on Picasso by Salvador de Madariago a 6-page "Galeria Picasso" and an article on Picasso's daughter Paloma and her mother Francoise Gilot. There is a pictorial article "Picasso y sus Contrastes" illustrated in color and black & white. There is also a section on women and Picasso "Las Mujeres y Picasso" containing "Interrogatorio a Picasso" by Jose Maria Peman and an article by Javier Rubio. "Iconografia de Picasso" is a pictorial article illustrated in color and black & white. A concluding article by Jose Camon Aznar is titled "Picasso en su Final". The text is in Spanish. RARE. Long Island City, NY: Ediciones y Publicaciones Hispanoamericanas Inc., (1973). paperback