Roland Penrose - Unoriginal Sins https://unoriginalsins.co.uk AVANT-GARDES Wed, 13 Aug 2025 20:05:14 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-nTKdHdZI-1-1-32x32.png Roland Penrose - Unoriginal Sins https://unoriginalsins.co.uk 32 32 THE CUBIST SPIRIT IN ITS TIME. 1947. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/the-cubist-spirit-in-its-time-1947/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-cubist-spirit-in-its-time-1947 Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:38 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=45393 London: London Gallery Editions, 1947

21 x 18cm, 40pp. Original red and blue wrappers. The exhibition catalogue for this important exhibition of cubist works as shown at the London Gallery organised by ELT Mesens and filled with works by Penrose, Lee Miller, Gistac Kahnweiler and others. Foreword by Robert Melville and contributions translated by Mesens from Apollinaire, Breton and lengthy notes also by Mesens. B/w illustrations throughout and twenty-six black and white plates after works by Picasso, Braque, Leger, Gris, De La Fresnaye, Picabia, Marcoussis and Masson. Placing cubism at the centre of avant garde development the catalogue also critiques the movement from a later surrealist position - Braque being oh so slightly dismissed (especially by Breton) and Picasso regarded as part of the inner circle (which given his adherence to surrealism and communism post-cubism is not so surprising). A couple of faint coffee cup stains on the front covers, which do not detract that greatly, else VG. Scarce.

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21 x 18cm, 40pp. Original red and blue wrappers. The exhibition catalogue for this important exhibition of cubist works as shown at the London Gallery organised by ELT Mesens and filled with works by Penrose, Lee Miller, Gistac Kahnweiler and others. Foreword by Robert Melville and contributions translated by Mesens from Apollinaire, Breton and lengthy notes also by Mesens. B/w illustrations throughout and twenty-six black and white plates after works by Picasso, Braque, Leger, Gris, De La Fresnaye, Picabia, Marcoussis and Masson. Placing cubism at the centre of avant garde development the catalogue also critiques the movement from a later surrealist position - Braque being oh so slightly dismissed (especially by Breton) and Picasso regarded as part of the inner circle (which given his adherence to surrealism and communism post-cubism is not so surprising). A couple of faint coffee cup stains on the front covers, which do not detract that greatly, else VG. Scarce.

The post THE CUBIST SPIRIT IN ITS TIME. 1947. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> THE SURREALIST AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER (LEE MILLER). 2001. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/the-surrealist-and-the-photographer-lee-miller-2001/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-surrealist-and-the-photographer-lee-miller-2001 Wed, 03 Nov 2021 17:55:56 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=45225 Edinburgh: National Gallery of Modern Art, 2001

Exhibition catalogue in the form of a tabloid newspaper: 42 x 30cm, 12pp (self cover). Typographic only - a very lengthy listing of the extensive collection Penrose left to the Scottish Gallery along with short introductory texts for each section. 216 works are listed. Folded for storage hence there is some browning along the soft fold as usual with  tabloids. Else VG+.

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Exhibition catalogue in the form of a tabloid newspaper: 42 x 30cm, 12pp (self cover). Typographic only - a very lengthy listing of the extensive collection Penrose left to the Scottish Gallery along with short introductory texts for each section. 216 works are listed. Folded for storage hence there is some browning along the soft fold as usual with  tabloids. Else VG+.

The post THE SURREALIST AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER (LEE MILLER). 2001. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> PLAYSCRIPT 25 ‘DESIRE CAUGHT BY THE TAIL.’ DEDICATED BY PENROSE WITH UNIQUE EROTIC DRAWING FOR HIS LOVER JOYCE REEVES. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/playscript-25-desire-caught-by-the-tail-dedicated-by-penrose-with-unique-erotic-drawing-for-his-lover-joyce-reeves/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=playscript-25-desire-caught-by-the-tail-dedicated-by-penrose-with-unique-erotic-drawing-for-his-lover-joyce-reeves Tue, 02 Nov 2021 10:06:59 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=45110 London: Calder and Boyars.1970

22 x 16cm, 64pp. Original semi-stiff pictorial wrappers. First edition thus of this translation into English of Picasso's drama first published in 1945 in France (soon after the liberation of Paris). The title page carried a full page inscription from Penrose to Joyce Reeves: 'all to please Joycey with love Roland.' together with an abstract drawing of a phallus in coloured pencils (with a major stylistic debt to Miro).

Joyce Reeves was Penrose's secretary and lover. Wrappers a little worn, else a very good copy. An important association copy of this book with an interestingly disguised erotic content.

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22 x 16cm, 64pp. Original semi-stiff pictorial wrappers. First edition thus of this translation into English of Picasso's drama first published in 1945 in France (soon after the liberation of Paris). The title page carried a full page inscription from Penrose to Joyce Reeves: 'all to please Joycey with love Roland.' together with an abstract drawing of a phallus in coloured pencils (with a major stylistic debt to Miro).

Joyce Reeves was Penrose's secretary and lover. Wrappers a little worn, else a very good copy. An important association copy of this book with an interestingly disguised erotic content.

The post PLAYSCRIPT 25 ‘DESIRE CAUGHT BY THE TAIL.’ DEDICATED BY PENROSE WITH UNIQUE EROTIC DRAWING FOR HIS LOVER JOYCE REEVES. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> EILEEN AGAR. PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS. 1981. FOREWORD BY ROLAND PENROSE. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/eileen-agar-paintings-and-drawings-1981-foreword-by-roland-penrose/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eileen-agar-paintings-and-drawings-1981-foreword-by-roland-penrose Wed, 27 Oct 2021 20:38:12 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=44646 London: New Art Centre, 1981

21 x 21cm, 16pp plus covers. 9 reproductions of later works by Agar (3 in colour) - all full page. Exhibition catalogue with a foreword by Roland Penrose (1976) and an introduction by Frances Spalding. VG+.

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21 x 21cm, 16pp plus covers. 9 reproductions of later works by Agar (3 in colour) - all full page. Exhibition catalogue with a foreword by Roland Penrose (1976) and an introduction by Frances Spalding. VG+.

The post EILEEN AGAR. PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS. 1981. FOREWORD BY ROLAND PENROSE. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> BUSH IN HAND. 1968. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/bush-in-hand-1968/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bush-in-hand-1968 Fri, 01 Oct 2021 16:24:44 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=43461 NYC: Letter Edged in Black Press, 1968

27 x 18cm, cut-out self-standing paper sculpture issued as part of the Shit Must Stop Portfolio #3 (curated and published by William Copley). In very good + condition.

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27 x 18cm, cut-out self-standing paper sculpture issued as part of the Shit Must Stop Portfolio #3 (curated and published by William Copley). In very good + condition.

The post BUSH IN HAND. 1968. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> LA VIE ET L’OEUVRE DE PICASSO. WITH AN ORIGINAL EXTENSIVE SIGNED DEDICATION DRAWING BY PICASSO. 1961. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/la-vie-et-loeuvre-de-picasso-with-an-original-extensive-signed-dedication-drawing-by-picasso-1961/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=la-vie-et-loeuvre-de-picasso-with-an-original-extensive-signed-dedication-drawing-by-picasso-1961 Sun, 27 Oct 2019 03:15:33 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=875 Paris: CAL, 1961
20.5 x 18cm, 456pp. Pictorial cloth covered boards with printed reproduction and titles. Place ribbon. First French language edition of Penrose's life and work of Picasso translated by Celia Bertin and released in 4,645 numbered copies of which this is one. Profusely illustrated throughout in b/w and colours. This copy is wonderfully adorned with an original full page drawing in red, green and blue crayon by Picasso as a dedication. The drawing is a bunch of flowers and is signed very clearly at the top right and dated bottom left: "Paris 8.11.1962" also in the artist's hand. The flowers incorporate the large dedication "Para Pauline" into a banner around the bunch of posies. The clarity of the line is astonishing - while clearly drawn with no effort on the artist's part - a thing of beauty is created facing the first title page. Fine condition. Unique. Image on request.

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20.5 x 18cm, 456pp. Pictorial cloth covered boards with printed reproduction and titles. Place ribbon. First French language edition of Penrose's life and work of Picasso translated by Celia Bertin and released in 4,645 numbered copies of which this is one. Profusely illustrated throughout in b/w and colours. This copy is wonderfully adorned with an original full page drawing in red, green and blue crayon by Picasso as a dedication. The drawing is a bunch of flowers and is signed very clearly at the top right and dated bottom left: "Paris 8.11.1962" also in the artist's hand. The flowers incorporate the large dedication "Para Pauline" into a banner around the bunch of posies. The clarity of the line is astonishing - while clearly drawn with no effort on the artist's part - a thing of beauty is created facing the first title page. Fine condition. Unique. Image on request.

Price on application

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