Picasso, Pablo Lorca, Federico García Chant funèbre pour Ignacio Sanchez Mejias. With 10 text lithographs after Picasso in black and white in the text, 4 embossed prints after Picasso by Guy Descouens and 4 full-page colour lithographs after Picasso. Paris, (Bièvres en Essone), Pierre de Tartas, 1976. 71 p., 2 fol. Folio. Loose double sheet in original cardboard with embossed print after Picasso. In black cloth case (rubbed in places). Monod 7276 - "5 empreintes gravées et compositions en couleurs et au lavis gravés sur bois". One of 220 numbered copies on Grand Vélin d'Arches (GA 300 copies). Imprint signed by the publisher. "Sanchez Mejias was a famous bullfighter, writer and passionate lover of literature. He and Lorca were destined to become friends, and did so through a mutual friend, Encarncion Lopez Julvez, who was a famous dancer and singer and was also known as 'La Argentinita'. Sanchez Mejias was her manager, and it was to her that Lorca dedicated the poem. On August 11th, 1934 at the age of 43, Sanchez Mejias re-entered the bullring at the request of another bull fighter who was injured. At this time Lorca was in the town of Santander. This seems to come across in the narrative style of the Lament, that Lorca has shown up sometime after the tragic event to see Mejias lying dead. Lorca used the lyrical devices learnt in his earlier poems and combined them with the narrative style of the historical ballad. Overall, the poem uses the rhythm of a 'gypsy lament' which carries the emotional impact of the tragedy. - The lithographs and embossed prints signed by Picasso in the plate. Minor flaking in places, otherwise a very clean and well-preserved copy. With 10 text lithographs in black and white in the text, 4 embossed prints after Picasso by Guy Descouens and 4 colour full-page lithographs after Picasso. The lithographs and embossed prints in the plate signed by Picasso. - One of 220 numbered copies on Grand Vélin d'Arches (GA 300 copies). Printed note signed by the publisher. - In places with minor darkening, otherwise very clean and well-preserved copy.