Picasso's Picassos: The Treasures Of La Californie
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Within the sun-drenched rooms of La Californie, Pablo Picasso's magnificent villa on the French Riviera, one of the twentieth century's greatest artistic minds surrounded himself with his most personal and prized creations — and photographer David Douglas Duncan was granted extraordinary access to document it all. Picasso's Picassos: The Treasures of La Californie presents an intimate photographic record of the works Picasso chose to keep for himself: the paintings, sculptures, and drawings that never made it to the galleries or auction houses, preserved instead as a private universe of creativity within his own walls. Duncan, a celebrated photojournalist and close friend of Picasso, brings his masterful eye to bear on both the art and the man, capturing the genius in his natural habitat with warmth, candour, and an insider's understanding. The result is a rare dual portrait — of an artist and his art — that challenges the boundary between biography and art history. Duncan's intimate prose and stunning colour photography illuminate not only the aesthetic brilliance of Picasso's private collection, but also the deeply personal relationship a creator can have with his own work. A landmark publication in art documentation, this volume leaves the reader wondering: what does it mean when a genius refuses to let go?
Author: David Douglas Duncan
Format: Hardback
Published: 1961, Macmillan & Co Ltd
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Within the sun-drenched rooms of La Californie, Pablo Picasso's magnificent villa on the French Riviera, one of the twentieth century's greatest artistic minds surrounded himself with his most personal and prized creations — and photographer David Douglas Duncan was granted extraordinary access to document it all. Picasso's Picassos: The Treasures of La Californie presents an intimate photographic record of the works Picasso chose to keep for himself: the paintings, sculptures, and drawings that never made it to the galleries or auction houses, preserved instead as a private universe of creativity within his own walls. Duncan, a celebrated photojournalist and close friend of Picasso, brings his masterful eye to bear on both the art and the man, capturing the genius in his natural habitat with warmth, candour, and an insider's understanding. The result is a rare dual portrait — of an artist and his art — that challenges the boundary between biography and art history. Duncan's intimate prose and stunning colour photography illuminate not only the aesthetic brilliance of Picasso's private collection, but also the deeply personal relationship a creator can have with his own work. A landmark publication in art documentation, this volume leaves the reader wondering: what does it mean when a genius refuses to let go?