The works found in the book, which previously belonged to the artist's mistress Dora Maar

recently it became known that a few months ago in the National library of Madrid was accidentally discovered 13 etchings executed by Pablo Picasso (Pablo Picasso). They were in a book of poems by Luis de Gongora (Luis de Góngora), one of my favorite poets of the great Spanish artist. Work found Professor-литературовед Andres Soria (Andrés Soria), engaged in the preparation of the exhibition "Generation 27", which opened on December 3 in Madrid's cultural centre Residencia de Estudiantes.

the Exhibition devoted to the work of the representatives of the "silver age" of Spanish art, part of the group "Generation 27". Members of this Association, among whom were such famous figures as Luis buñuel (Luis Buñuel), Salvador Dali (Salvador Dalí) and Federico Garcia Lorca (Federico García Lorca), announced in 1927 by staging a series of performances in honor of 300-летия since the death of Luis de Gongora. So it is natural that Professor Soria searching for the publication of books of this poet.

a Collection of sonnets of Gongora, which was an illustration of the famous wizard, was acquired by the library in 1999. The previous owner of the book was Picasso's mistress Dora Maar (Dora Maar), received it as a gift from the artist. Apparently, Picasso did not like the original illustrations of Ignacio gonzález de La Serna (Ignacio González de la Serna), he snatched them and stuck them instead of their own prints. He even tried to hide the name of Gonzalez de La Serna on the title page, drawing a mask on it.

According to the Professor, when examining the book, it becomes clear that the artist had decorated it for the Maar. On the same front page can be seen written in the name of Picasso mistress, "interwoven" with the letters of the name Gongora.

most of the illustrations included in this edition, already familiar to researchers of Picasso. They are included in the "book artist", which is dedicated to the works of Gongora. For this collection of Picasso not only created the illustrations, but also copied by the hands of 20 poems by the poet. The book, prepared by the painter worked for two years, came a limited edition in 1948-м.

Two prints not included in the "book artist" may be unique. Soria does not exclude that one of them shows the artist's son.

the Professor, of course, included in the library found a book with illustrations by Picasso in the exhibition "Generation 27". The exhibition will run until 28 February 2010.

the Material was prepared Yulia Maksimova, AI

Sources: guardian.co.uk, elpais.com, edaddeplata.org, artinvestment.ru