Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)
La Chèvre-Feuille Suite, 1943 | Complete set of 6 (Yellow)
Zincograph on Lafuma wove paper | Edition of 500
La Chèvre-Feuille — The Honeysuckle — is a 1943 book by French Surrealist poet Georges Hugnet, illustrated with six zincographs by Picasso and published in Paris by Robert-J. Godet, with an accompanying insert essay by Paul Éluard. Produced under the German Occupation, it stands as one of the notable illustrated books that maintained cultural life through the Occupation years.
The six zincographs in this complete yellow suite present Surrealist figure compositions drawn in Picasso's confident black line on warm Lafuma wove paper. The figures here follow Surrealist logic rather than anatomical convention: bodies that transform and interpenetrate, compositions that operate as fields of energy rather than representations of space. This is the Picasso who had fully absorbed the lessons of his own Surrealist period and was now working with complete freedom within the vocabulary he had helped create.
A complete suite of six, all in the yellow variant, is a significant acquisition for any serious collection. Provenance is full and well-documented.
Available through Creed Gallery, Ascot. Private viewings by appointment for collectors across Berkshire, Surrey, and London.
Set of 6 zincographs on Lafuma wove paper
Edition of 500
Published by Robert-J. Godet, Paris, 1943
Artwork size: 23 x 28 cm
Certificate of Authenticity
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