Pablo Picasso, Honoré de Balzac, and others
Le Chef-d’oeuvre inconnu
1930
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- Artist: Pablo Picasso
- Author: Honoré de Balzac
- Publisher: Ambroise Vollard
- Artist and Printer (wood engravings): Georges Aubert
- Printer (etchings): Louis Fort
- Printer (letterpress): Aimé Jourde
Le Chef-d’oeuvre inconnu
1930
Physical Qualities
Unbound volume with wood engravings, etchings and letterpress, Book: 332 x 260 x 37 mm. (13 1/16 x 10 1/4 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.12.746
Victor Carlson, Baltimore Museum of Art, "French Illustrated Books of the 19th and 20th Century," 15 October - 14 January 1967 (?). no. 52.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from The
Cone Collection," 7 June - 27 August, 1995.
Jay Fisher, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from the Cone Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, 17 November, 1996 - 19 January, 1997; Seattle Art Museum 20 February - 20 April, 1997; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 18 May - 13 July, 1997.
Pablo Picasso: Surrealism and the War Years, The Baltimore Musuem of Art, Cone Wing Focus Gallery, January 28 - August 29, 2004.
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Off the Shelf: Modern and Contemporary Artists' Books," May Gallery, March 12 - June 25, 2017.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from The
Cone Collection," 7 June - 27 August, 1995.
Jay Fisher, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from the Cone Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, 17 November, 1996 - 19 January, 1997; Seattle Art Museum 20 February - 20 April, 1997; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 18 May - 13 July, 1997.
Pablo Picasso: Surrealism and the War Years, The Baltimore Musuem of Art, Cone Wing Focus Gallery, January 28 - August 29, 2004.
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Off the Shelf: Modern and Contemporary Artists' Books," May Gallery, March 12 - June 25, 2017.
