For Picasso, the artist's studio was the centre of the world, the crossroads of all that was occurring in his life and in contemporary society. His paintings of the studio range across nearly every aspect of his art, from portraits of himself, his friends, lovers and children, to commentaries on political events, evocations of great artists of the past and allegories of creativity itself. This stunning book focuses on Picasso's depictions of the artist's studio in paintings, drawings and prints throughout his career, ...
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For Picasso, the artist's studio was the centre of the world, the crossroads of all that was occurring in his life and in contemporary society. His paintings of the studio range across nearly every aspect of his art, from portraits of himself, his friends, lovers and children, to commentaries on political events, evocations of great artists of the past and allegories of creativity itself. This stunning book focuses on Picasso's depictions of the artist's studio in paintings, drawings and prints throughout his career, showing how he found there his most profound expression of the creative process. Michael FitzGerald discusses Picasso's devotion to the studio as a place where he learned his artistic skills, as a social and intellectual centre where he negotiated with dealers, disputed with critics and seduced lovers, as a site for exploration of the imagination and of essential themes of life and as a place where he confronted the passing of life. The major part of the book analyses numerous relevant paintings and drawings, showing how they relate to developments in Picasso's art or life and to his oeuvre as a whole. William Robinson then focuses on the famed painting La Vie, a scene
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Fine. Hartford, Connecticut: Wadsworth Atheneum, 2001. First edition of this exceptional catalogue from an exhibition of the artist's works at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut. Softcover, 190 pages. Looks and feels new and unread, contents clean and unmarked. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall.
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Very Good. U.S.A. : Yale University Press, 2001. First edition, 2001. Softcover in very good condition, very light shelf rubbing, firm binding, clean pages, no names or other markings. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall.
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PICASSO, Pablo. Fine in fine jacket. Foreword by Kate M. Sellers and Katharine Lee Reid. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. 190 pages (small white sticker on the front free endpaper), grey cloth, dust wrapper. Hartford: Wadsworth American Museum of Art, Hartford in association with Yale University Press, New Haven and London, (2001). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.
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VG-light corner/edge wear, some scuffing. Pale blue wraps with color-illustration and black lettering. 190 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, June 9 to Sept. 23, 2001 and the Cleveland Museum of Art, Oct. 28, 2001 to Jan. 6, 2002.
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Fine. Book. 4to-over 9æ-12" tall. Large format quarto paperback. 190 pages. Index. Extensively illustrated, nearly entirely in color. Exhibition catalog for the first major American exhibition devoted to Picasso's studio. First edition. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. A clean, fresh, unmarked copy, near like new. Fine.
