Woodcut on vélin de cuve à la forme des papeteries d'Arches paper. Paper size: 9.055 x 5.87 inches. Excellent condition. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Calligrammes, poèmes de la paix et de la guerre (1913-1916), 1918. Published by Mercure De France, Paris; printed by G. Roy, Paris, April 15, 1918. Excerpted from the volume (translated from French), It has been shot, IV examples on Japon ancien à la forme des manufactures impériales containing, in addition to the woodcut that adorns the entire edition, a second portrait of the author by Pablo Picasso engraved by R. Jaudon. These examples are numbered to the press from I to IV. XXXIII examples on vélin de cuve à la forme des papeteries d'Arches, numbered to the press from V to XXXVII; III examples in Chine marked A, B. G (excluding trade). Of the current edition, D plus D of a second run. PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Spanish painter and sculptor is one of the most recognized figures of twentieth century art. During his artistic career, which lasted more than 75 years, he created thousands of works using all kinds of mediums. He changed art more profoundly than any other artist of his time. First famous for pioneering cubism, Picasso continued to develop his art with a pace and vitality comparable to the accelerated technological and cultural changes of the twentieth century. Each change embodied a radical idea, and might be said that Picasso lived several artistic lifetimes.