Etching on papeteries vélin de Lana paper. Paper size: 11.024 x 8.66 inches. Excellent condition, with full margins. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Jours de gloire, Histoire de la libération de Paris, 1945. Published by the ministre de l'Éducation nationale, Paris; printed by Imprimeries Aranéennes & Tradition, MM. Chassepot, Lacouriere, Leblanc, Queneville, Paris, 1946. Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), Jours de Glorie, published under the patronage of the ministre de l'Éducation nationale, is sold for the benefit of the works of the French Red Cross for prisoners of war. The following have lent their assistance to the realization of this work: les etablissements Busson for typography & Bouan for phototype; as well as les Imprimeries Aranéennes & Tradition, MM. Chassepot, Lacouriere, Leblanc, Queneville, for the printing of the engravings; papeteries de Lana for the edition was provided by the S. I. P. E., 5, Rue de Beaujolais, Paris. It was taken from this folio, XX numbered examples from I to X on Lana paper, signed by authors and artists; M examples, numbered: M on Lana paper; L examples, out of commerce on Lana paper, intended for all those who have ready their competition to the realization of this work, including XXV nominative examples, accompanied by a first state of the Picasso etching. 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.