Alice Tully, New York (until d. 1993; her estate, 1993–95; sale, Christie's, New York, May 10, 1995, no. 591, sold to private collection); private collection, London (from 1995; sold to Cristea); [Alan Cristea Gallery, London, until 1997; sold to MMA]
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Picasso the Engraver: Selections from the Musée Picasso, Paris," September 18–December 21, 1997.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 27–August 1, 2010, no. P79.
J. E. Pouterman. "Complete Bibliography of Books Published by Ambroise Vollard." Signature 8 (March 1938), p. 43, lists "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon" as a work in progress.
Una E. Johnson. Ambroise Vollard Editeur 1867–1939: An Appreciation and Catalogue. New York, 1944, pp. 113, 198, no. 120.
Hugh Edwards. "Seven Modern Illustrated Books." Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 41 (March 1947), pp. 32–33.
Julien Cain. French Art of the Book. Exh. cat., California Palace of the Legion of Honor. San Francisco, 1949, unpaginated, no. 109 (unknown edition).
William S. Lieberman. "Picasso: His Graphic Art." Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art 19 (Winter 1952), pp. 5, 17, no. 108 (not this edition).
Abraham Horodisch. Picasso as a Book Artist. Rev. ed. (1st ed., Frankfurt, 1957). Cleveland, 1962, pp. 54–55, 100, 118.
Georges Bloch. Pablo Picasso. Vol. 1, Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié 1904–1967 / Catalogue of the Printed Graphic Work 1904–1967 / Katalog des graphischen Werkes 1904–1967. Bern, 1968, pp. 99, 104, no. 356, ill. (not this edition).
Una E. Johnson. Ambroise Vollard, Editeur: Prints, Books, Bronzes. New York, 1977, pp. 39, 162, no. 192.
Sebastian Goeppert, Herma Goeppert-Frank, and Patrick Cramer. Pablo Picasso. The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné. Geneva, 1983, pp. 104–7, no. 37.29, ill.
Bernhard Geiser and Brigitte Baer. Picasso Peintre-Graveur. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé et des monotypes. Vol. 3, 1935–1945. Bern, 1986, pp. 29–30, 76–77, no. 603.II.B.b, ill. (not this edition).
Rebecca A. Rabinow and Jayne S. Warman inCézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde. Ed. Rebecca A. Rabinow. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2006, p. 297.
Gary Tinterow inCézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde. Ed. Rebecca A. Rabinow. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2006, pp. 101, 113, 117 n. 55.
Asher Ethan Miller inCézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde. Ed. Rebecca A. Rabinow. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2006, p. 392, no. 160.
Rebecca A. Rabinow inCézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde. Ed. Rebecca A. Rabinow. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2006, p. 206.
Rodney T. Swan. "Cultural Resistance in Henri Matisse's 'Poèmes de Charles d'Orléans'." Visual Resources 36 (March 2020), p. 22.
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France)
ca. 1960
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