Pablo Picasso - Hardcover

[Picasso, Pablo] Boeck, Wilhelm; Sabartes, Jaime

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3170730088 ISBN 13: 9783170730083

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, 1955

From the front flap of this 524 page book: "With the publication of [this book], the literature on the greatest painter of our century reaches its climax. Few artists of recent times have been so extensively studies and written about as this irrepressible Spaniard, but no single volume has succeeded in showing and telling so much about his work. In recognition of the unique character of this monograph, Picasso himself collaborated in the production. He checked the 40 full-color plates for fidelity to his work. He selected the painting which is reproduced on the jacket. And finally, Picasso exclusively for this purpose made the designs for the covers of the book. The texts present the artist's life and work in great detail. Wilhelm Boeck traces the development of Picasso's career from his earliest attempts at drawing. With brilliant and perceptive analyses, he carries the reader through the maze of Picasso's inexhaustible styles and periods, up to the most recent work. He shows the bewildering variety of the oeuvre to be the many-sidedness of genius, unified by underlying personal traits. Jaime Sabartes has been an intimate of Picasso's ever since his youth in Barcelona. In this book he contributes some rare and extremely revealing sides of the painter. Together with these two texts, and the illustrations which number more than 600, this book is truly a monument to a great artistic personality. The usefulness of the volume is further enhanced by extensive catalogues and indexes."

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