Editing Pablo Picasso (section)

=== Catalogue raisonné ===
Picasso entrusted [[Christian Zervos]] to constitute the [[catalogue raisonné]] of his work (painted and drawn). The first volume of the catalogue, ''Works from 1895 to 1906'', published in 1932, entailed the financial ruin of Zervos, self-publishing under the name ''[[Cahiers d'art]]'', forcing him to sell part of his art collection at auction to avoid bankruptcy.<ref name="sale1" /><ref name="uabca" />

From 1932 to 1978, Zervos constituted the catalogue raisonné of the complete works of Picasso in the company of the artist who had become one of his friends in 1924. Following the death of Zervos, Mila Gagarin supervised the publication of 11 additional volumes from 1970 to 1978.<ref name="PER00449b68b92455f2" />

The 33 volumes cover the entire work from 1895 to 1972, with close to 16,000 black and white photographs, in accord with the will of the artist.<ref name="nytimes" />

* 1932: tome I, ''Œuvres de 1895 à 1906''. Introduction p.&nbsp;XI–[XXXXIX], 185 pages, 384 reproductions
* 1942: tome II, vol.1, ''Œuvres de 1906 à 1912''. Introduction p.&nbsp;XI–[LV], 172 pages, 360 reproductions
* 1944: tome II, vol.2, ''Œuvres de 1912 à 1917''. Introduction p.&nbsp;IX–[LXX–VIII], 233 p. pp.&nbsp;173 to 406, 604 reproductions
* 1949: tome III, ''Œuvres de 1917 à 1919''. Introduction p.&nbsp;IX–[XIII], 152 pages, 465 reproductions
* 1951: tome IV, ''Œuvres de 1920 à 1922''. Introduction p.&nbsp;VII–[XIV], 192 pages, 455 reproductions
* 1952: tome V, ''Œuvres de 1923 à 1925''. Introduction p.&nbsp;IX–[XIV], 188 pages, 466 reproductions
* 1954: tome VI, ''Supplément aux tomes I à V''. Sans introduction, 176 pages, 1481 reproductions
* 1955: tome VII, ''Œuvres de 1926 à 1932''. Introduction p.&nbsp;V–[VII], 184 pages, 424 reproductions
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* 1978: ''Catalogue raisonné des œuvres de Pablo Picasso'', Paris, Éditions Cahiers d'art<ref name="jacqu" />
'''Further publications by Zervos'''
* ''Picasso. Œuvres de 1920 à 1926'', Cahiers d'art, Paris
* ''Dessins de Picasso 1892–1948'', Paris, Éditions Cahiers d'art, 1949
* ''Picasso. Dessins (1892–1948)'', Hazan, 199 reproductions, 1949