Picasso: Graphic Art
“No artist of our time startles us as much as does Picasso. We are sometimes struck by the beauty of his work, at another time stirred by its emotional violence, and still again shocked by his seemingly incomprehensible distortions of human forms. Yet always we feel the artist’s rare power, which can exert an extraordinary grip on our minds and our sensibilities.” — From the introduction by Fogg Museum curator Jakob Rosenberg
This collection of prints was compiled for the Art Institute of Chicago and published in 1957 to coincide with Picasso’s 75th birthday celebrations, including a major retrospective mounted by MoMA that was shown at AIC that year. The book showcases 29 of the artist’s drypoints, etchings, aquatints and lithographs produced between 1905 and 1954, culled from the collections of the Fogg Art Museum and the Harvard College Library. Many of Picasso’s trademark subjects and styles are represented here: Cubist still lifes, Classically-inspired nudes and mythical creatures, a detail from “The Dream and Lie of Franco,” and one of his illustrations inspired by Balzac’s “Le chef-d’oeuvre inconnu.” Rosenberg’s introduction briefly contextualizes the artworks.
32pp, perfect-bound in bluish cardstock. [PB10]
$ 35.00
