Serge Linarès (Picasso et les écrivains) et Victor Hugo (la légende des siècles) - Picasso et les écrivains - Victor Hugo: La légende des siècles - 2013

The first selected book is a magnificent art book titled Picasso and the Writers, written by Serge Linarès and published by the prestigious Citadelles & Mazenod Editions in 2013.
This work explores in depth the close and enduring ties Pablo Picasso maintained throughout his life with the literary world.
Known primarily as a painter and sculptor, Picasso was also a great reader, a poet from time to time, and a companion on the road with the greatest authors of his century.
The major themes addressed
The book is structured to highlight the artist's key collaborations and friendships:
The poets of Cubism: His fusion-like relationships with Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob and André Salmon at the beginning of the 20th century.
The surrealist venture: His exchanges and collaborations with André Breton, Paul Éluard, Tristan Tzara and Benjamin Péret.
Post-war collaborations: His connections with Jean Cocteau, Pierre Reverdy, Michel Leiris, René Char, and Louis Aragon.
Picasso the author: An analysis of Picasso's own literary production (poems, plays) and his illustrated books, which constitute a major part of his graphic œuvre.
Edition features: Prestige hardcover, presented in an illustrated box, faithful to the high-quality standards of the 'Les Phares' collection by Citadelles & Mazenod.
Contents
Approximately 400 color and black-and-white illustrations (paintings, drawings, manuscripts, archival photographs).
The second work titled Victor Hugo - The Legend of the Centuries - Numbered edition under a box 1221/2000
Edited by - Citadelles & Mazenod 2013
Prestige edition
Foreword by Charles Baudelaire
Large format, substantial hardcover bound in black cloth, publisher’s emblem and gold decorations on the front board and the spine.
Under the original black cardboard box, red interior.
Print run: Limited to 2,000 numbered copies. (Number 1221/2000)