CLAVÉ Antoni - Lot 99

CLAVÉ Antoni FOR PICASSO'S BIRTHDAY. AUTOGRAPHIC TEXT SIGNED Cap Saint Pierre, 22 10 71, one page in-4. First draft with erasures and corrections of this text by Clavé published for Picasso's 90th birthday. "I remember that day in 1942 when I went to Picasso's studio for the first time. The profound shock this encounter produced in me was definitive for the evolution of my painting. I learned my greatest lesson that day. I thank you, Don Pablo, and will be grateful to you for the rest of my life. Enclosed: - the Humanité supplement of 10/23/1971, in which this text by Antoni Clavé was published. - 4 pages of notes illustrated with Clavé's original sketches and drawings in ballpoint pen and pencil, in-4 format, and a greetings card from Spanish designer Joan Gaspar, illuminated with Clavé's original drawings.