Picasso

Lorraine Levy; introduction by Pierre Daix; translated from the French by Barbara Beaumont

ISBN 10: 0805017925 / ISBN 13: 9780805017922

Published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1991

About this Item

First American Edition, First Printing. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with the spine stamped in white. "This magnificently illustrated book, full of superb reproduction of the most famous as well as lesser known works, and of photographs of the mand and his world, traces Picasso's career from his early days in Spain, the epoque-making years in Paris when Cubism was born, the story of the creations of GUERNICA, his world-famous denunciation of the horrors of war, and the tumultuous but sublime years of his maturity in the south of France." 9 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches.

Seller Inventory # 005966

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Picasso
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, New York
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805017925
• ISBN 13: 9780805017922
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First American Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

Surveys the life and work of the artist and discusses his influence on art

Reviews

This brief survey of a monumental career focuses on the ardor with which Picasso approached his life and work and the women in both: it might even be deemed as much historical romance as art history. The extraordinary creative capacity of the artist was apparently equaled only by his capacity to generate strong emotional ties with many women, women we have come to know well from the images that he has put before us. The excellent reproductions of works, famous and lesser known, the revealing photographs of the man at work and at ease, reflect the vitality and vision of this dominant figure. While interesting, this book is certainly not an essential purchase. It adds little to the existing literature of biography or criticism, including John Richardson with Marilyn McCully's A Life of Picasso and Josep Palau i Fabre's Picasso Cubism, 1907-1917 (both LJ 2/1/91).
-Paula Frosch, Metropolitan Museum of Art Lib., New York
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