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[Visual Arts] Picasso, Pablo. (1881–1973). Autograph Signed Postcard to André Level. Early autograph signed postcard from the great artist to his first biographer, the critic and dealer, André Level (1863-1946). On the verso of a surrealist photograph postcard entitled "Un coup de Mistral a Marseille," inscribed in fountain pen ink "Amities de la famille O.P.P. Picasso" and addressed to Level in Paris. Postmarked Marseille 12-6-1925 and with an additional cancellation "Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Indrustriels Modernes - Paris - Avril-Octobre 1925." Block of toning, strip of surface loss along upper edge of verso, othewise fine.
Level was a collector and financier, who in 1904 founded the first Modern Art investment fund, La Peau de l’Ours. The fund's policy was to make joint purchases of works by young painters, keep them for a decade, then re-sell them at auction. From 1906 La Peau de l’Ours decided to concentrate on works by a single artist: Pablo Picasso. In 1928 André Level wrote one of the first monographs on the artist, soberly entitled "Picasso."
Picasso had recently completed his painting "La Danse" before returning to the south of France in the week this postcard was sent from Marseille, around June 10. He had recently shown the painting to André Breton "who instantly saw its potential as a surrealist icon" and "arranged to have it photographed by Man Ray. On June 9 he sent Picasso a letter on paper headed La Révolution surréaliste." (John Richardson, "A Life of Picasso. The Triumphant Years," p. 283)
Level was a collector and financier, who in 1904 founded the first Modern Art investment fund, La Peau de l’Ours. The fund's policy was to make joint purchases of works by young painters, keep them for a decade, then re-sell them at auction. From 1906 La Peau de l’Ours decided to concentrate on works by a single artist: Pablo Picasso. In 1928 André Level wrote one of the first monographs on the artist, soberly entitled "Picasso."
Picasso had recently completed his painting "La Danse" before returning to the south of France in the week this postcard was sent from Marseille, around June 10. He had recently shown the painting to André Breton "who instantly saw its potential as a surrealist icon" and "arranged to have it photographed by Man Ray. On June 9 he sent Picasso a letter on paper headed La Révolution surréaliste." (John Richardson, "A Life of Picasso. The Triumphant Years," p. 283)
[Visual Arts] Picasso, Pablo. (1881–1973). Autograph Signed Postcard to André Level. Early autograph signed postcard from the great artist to his first biographer, the critic and dealer, André Level (1863-1946). On the verso of a surrealist photograph postcard entitled "Un coup de Mistral a Marseille," inscribed in fountain pen ink "Amities de la famille O.P.P. Picasso" and addressed to Level in Paris. Postmarked Marseille 12-6-1925 and with an additional cancellation "Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Indrustriels Modernes - Paris - Avril-Octobre 1925." Block of toning, strip of surface loss along upper edge of verso, othewise fine.
Level was a collector and financier, who in 1904 founded the first Modern Art investment fund, La Peau de l’Ours. The fund's policy was to make joint purchases of works by young painters, keep them for a decade, then re-sell them at auction. From 1906 La Peau de l’Ours decided to concentrate on works by a single artist: Pablo Picasso. In 1928 André Level wrote one of the first monographs on the artist, soberly entitled "Picasso."
Picasso had recently completed his painting "La Danse" before returning to the south of France in the week this postcard was sent from Marseille, around June 10. He had recently shown the painting to André Breton "who instantly saw its potential as a surrealist icon" and "arranged to have it photographed by Man Ray. On June 9 he sent Picasso a letter on paper headed La Révolution surréaliste." (John Richardson, "A Life of Picasso. The Triumphant Years," p. 283)
Level was a collector and financier, who in 1904 founded the first Modern Art investment fund, La Peau de l’Ours. The fund's policy was to make joint purchases of works by young painters, keep them for a decade, then re-sell them at auction. From 1906 La Peau de l’Ours decided to concentrate on works by a single artist: Pablo Picasso. In 1928 André Level wrote one of the first monographs on the artist, soberly entitled "Picasso."
Picasso had recently completed his painting "La Danse" before returning to the south of France in the week this postcard was sent from Marseille, around June 10. He had recently shown the painting to André Breton "who instantly saw its potential as a surrealist icon" and "arranged to have it photographed by Man Ray. On June 9 he sent Picasso a letter on paper headed La Révolution surréaliste." (John Richardson, "A Life of Picasso. The Triumphant Years," p. 283)