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| The
Ultimate Picasso by Brigitte
Leal, Christine Piot, Marie-Laure Bernadac and Jean Leymarie,
2000 |
Of all the books on the man many consider
the greatest genius of 20th-century art, this sumptuous work
stands out as truly the "ultimate" Picasso. Not only
does it cover in one volume all the periods of Pablo Picasso's
long, incredibly versatile career-with exquisite reproductions
of nearly every significant work he ever created-but the scholarship
is impeccable: each of the three authors is a leading authority
on a particular period of Picasso's artistic evolution.
1,186 illustrations, 720 in full color, 11 1/2 x 12" |
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| Picasso:
The Real Family Story by
Widmaier-Picasso, 2004 |
| Already published in France, Spain
and Germany to wide acclaim, this book presents an insider’s
portrait of Pablo Picasso, the women in his life and the Picasso
family. The author, Picasso’s grandson Olivier Widmaier-Picasso
spoke extensively with relatives, friends, and contemporaries
of the artist and discovered unknown information about Picasso’s
life. Correcting previous portrayals of the artist which have
been highly critical of his personal relationships and treatment
of women, this book offers a balanced and sensitive account
of his life. Olivier Widmaier-Picasso—whose grandmother
was the artist’s muse and lover Marie-Thérèse—answers
allegations about everything from the artist’s sexuality
and relation to money and politics to the feuding over his estate
and the author’s own handling of the artist’s legacy.
This compassionate, penetrating biography, which includes never
before published family photographs, offers a unique perspective
as it explores the double-edged sword that is fame and talent. |
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| Picasso:
200 Masterpieces from 1898 to 1972 by
Pablo Picasso, Berna4d Ruiz Picasso, Bernice Rose, Bernard Ruiz
Picasso and Palazzo Reale Di Milano, 2002 |
Picasso was an extremely prolific artist,
and there remain many little-known, rarely seen works that have
been held in private collections. In the fall of 2001, Milan's
Palazzo Reale presents an exhibition of many of these works,
which are also featured in this spectacular oversized art book.
It is alive with splashes of brilliant color and is a distinguished
addition to any art bookshelf, featuring 300 illustrations that
cover oil paintings, aquatints, prints, sculpture, and terracottas,
as well as textiles such as the Ballet Russe costumes Picasso
created for Diaghilev.
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| Picasso
Erotique by Pablo Picasso,
Annie Le Brun, Pascal Quignard, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Patrick
Roegiers and Malen Gual, 2001 |
| Readers who are inured to the late,
comically lewd work will find plenty of it in Picasso Erotique,
but there's also plenty of the early, more ephemeral erotic
work here that will prove less familiar, and even revelatory.
Jean Clair, Director of the Muse Picasso in Paris and author
of numerous art historical books in French, has gathered 317
color and 143 b&w illustrations covering all periods of
Picasso's incessant output, fleshed out with excellent essays
by Annie Le Brun, Robert Rosenblum and others. Placed next to
Fernande Olivier's Loving Picasso (Forecasts, Apr. 9), the two
books make for some serious high art thrills. |
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