Stein, Gertrude

Picasso

Paris: Librairie Floury, 1938 Wonderful ASSOCIATION COPY, inscribed by Stein to her friend, the artcritic HENRY McBRIDE*, fellow champion of Picasso and modernism: "My dear Henri / I did write it in French / yes I did, corrected if you / like but I did lots of love / Gtde." *According to biographer James Mellow, Henry McBride, along with Carl van Vechten, was one of Stein's most important friends in the building of her American reputation. McBride was an art critic for the New York Sun whom Mellow calls "the most astute and entertaining art critic of his generation." From the time that they met in 1913, McBride became a powerful promoter of Stein's work in the States, "he mentioned her frequently and favorably in his columns for the Sun, often quoting her at length. His promotion of her work and her her reputation during the years of World War I kept her name before the public ... " First edition, No 13 in the publisher's series "Anciens et Modernes". 8vo. 63 full-page reproductions of which 8 are in color. Original wrappers, torn and stained, an inch missing head and foot of spine, wrappers extensively repaired with cellotape, internally very good, however. Wilson A30

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