{"title":"Jean Marcenac","description":"\u003cp\u003eJean Marcenac (1913–2004) was a French poet, critic and Communist intellectual whose writing engaged closely with the visual arts throughout his career. A member of the French Resistance and a recipient of the Prix Paul Verlaine, he contributed prefaces and critical texts to publications connected with Picasso, Fernand Léger and other artists of the postwar French left. His introductory text for Éditions Cercle d'Art's \u003cem\u003eLe Goût du Bonheur\u003c\/em\u003e (1970), reproducing facsimiles of three Picasso working notebooks from 1964, is among the more sustained examples of his critical writing on Picasso's late practice.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"pablo-picasso-le-gout-du-bonheur-editions-cercle-dart-1970","title":"PABLO PICASSO, Le Goût du Bonheur, Éditions Cercle d'Art \/ Galerie du Passeur, 1970","description":"\u003cp\u003ePablo Picasso\u003cbr\u003eLe Goût du Bonheur\u003cbr\u003eÉditions Cercle d'Art \/ Galerie du Passeur, Paris, 1970\u003cbr\u003eExhibition and book-launch invitation\u003cbr\u003e21 × 9.5 cm folded · 42 × 9.5 cm unfolded\u003cbr\u003ePrinted cream paper, single fold, deckled lower edge\u003cbr\u003eText by Jean Marcenac\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal invitation to the cocktail vernissage for \u003cem\u003ePicasso: Le Goût du Bonheur\u003c\/em\u003e at Galerie du Passeur, 90 rue du Bac, Paris VIIe, 27 October 1970, 18h–20h. The exhibition marked the presentation of Éditions Cercle d'Art's publication reproducing in facsimile drawings from three of Picasso's working notebooks. The French edition was issued in 666 numbered copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe notebooks, made between April and October 1964, gathered 71 reproduced drawings — 27 in colour — with an introductory text by the poet and critic Jean Marcenac. Marcenac had written on Picasso since the 1940s and was among the sustained critical voices around his late work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe invitation is unusually spare and elongated. The cover carries only Picasso's name, the title in brown serif type, and Marcenac's name. Opened, one panel reproduces an excerpt from Marcenac's text; the opposite gives the exhibition details. Heavy cream stock, a pronounced deckled lower edge and the visible paper surface give what was essentially temporary promotional matter the physical presence of a small publication in its own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA precise example of the point at which exhibition announcement, publishing history and artist ephemera meet: the book was made to preserve Picasso's notebooks; this card was made simply to announce its arrival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good vintage condition. Light overall toning, minor handling and slight softening around the fold and edges. Deckled lower edge as issued. Please refer to photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Éditions Cercle d'Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54750993776978,"sku":null,"price":175.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Picasso.Showinvite_legoutdubonheur_.1970.jpg?v=1789592470"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/jean-marcenac.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}