John Richardson

Marilyn McCully

As he magnificently combines meticulous scholarship with irresistible narrative appeal, Richardson draws on his close friendship with Picasso, his own diaries, the collaboration of Picasso's widow Jacqueline, and unprecedented access to Picasso's studio and papers to arrive at a profound understanding of the artist and his work. 800 photos.

1881-1906

A Life of Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Natasha Staller

Shows and describes some of Picasso's earliest artwork and discusses influences on his work

Picasso--the Early Years, 1892-1906

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Picasso in Paris, 1900-1907, Eating Fire, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Feb.-May 2011"--T.p. verso.

Picasso in Paris: 1900 - 1907

This facsimile of a Picasso sketchbook is reproduced in such detail that readers can track the master's red marker pen bleeding through from one side of a page to the next--a subject's varnished nails appear on the verso as abstracted hatchmarks, and the red of her lips as a squiggle. Picasso began "The Berggruen Album" on November 5, 1970, days after his eighty-ninth birthday, in his words, "to make sure my hand has not developed a wobble." He had just conceived a series of a dozen powerful canvases inspired by the bullfights at Frejus, and in these delicate, sexual, voyeuristic sketches, he proves his soundness of body and personality, his unmatchable fitness to paint. An index of thumbnail sized prints pairs many of the works that inspired them or evolved from them, from Ingres to finished Picassos. The book closes with essays by Marilyn McCully and John Richardson, whose "A Life of Picasso" won the Whitbread Prize.

The Berggruen Album

Picasso

A three-volume study of the life and work of Pablo Picasso captures the artist from his early life in Málaga and Barcelona, through his revolutionary Cubist period, to the height of his talent in prewar Europe.

A Life of Picasso: 1881-1906

The second volume in a definitive biography of the artistic genius follows the most revolutionary period in Picasso's career, shedding new light on the private life, psychological make-up, and artistic evolution of the century's most famous painter. 50,000 first printing. Tour.

A Life of Picasso: 1907-1917

Henri Matisse

Michael Raeburn

Sarah Bertalan

The Essence of Line: Selected Prints, 1900-1950

Matisse

Kirk Varnedoe

Anne Baldassari

Robert Rosenblum

Pierre Daix

Michael C. Fitzgerald

Brigitte Leal

Helene Seckel

This book, published to accompany a major exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, opening in April 1996, no doubt will long remain the definitive work on its subject.

Marilyn McCully

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