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Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)

Author of Je Suis Le Cahier: The Sketchbooks of Picasso

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Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, Spanish painter, graphic artist, and sculptor, is generally considered the most revolutionary, influential, and versatile artist of the twentieth century. He was born in Malaga, son of a painter, and studied in Barcelona. His extraordinary talent showed at an early age. Before show more he was 14, he had already produced a masterwork in the classic tradition. His early paintings (1901-04) of the so-called Blue Period (in which blues dominate the color scheme) deal with outcasts, beggars, sick children, and circus people. The Old Guitarist is the most famous of his Blue Period paintings. In Paris, Picasso developed a lighter palette, the so-called Rose Period, which is exemplified in The Boy with Horse. In his so-called Negro Period (1907-09), he concerned himself with basic forms, revealing the influence of African art. During those same years, he turned to the incipient cubist movement. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, in its semiabstract geometric forms, was a revolutionary step toward twentieth-century modernism, which he, together with Braque and Matisse, really set in motion. Picasso went through the entire vocabulary of cubism, its analytical as well as its synthetic phase. After 1918 he was also hailed as an initiator of surrealism. The horrors of the Spanish civil war affected Picasso deeply. With almost mythological power, his major work Guernica was inspired by the terror-bombing of the ancient capital of the Basques in northern Spain. Although the painting does not represent the event itself, it does evoke the agony and terror of war in general. The saturation bombing depicted in Guernica was the first demonstration of a technique later employed during World War II. Night Fishing at Antibes is another masterwork of that period. In his later years, Picasso experimented with ceramics and did highly original sculptures---including the famous Goat, as well as collages. He also produced a flood of drawings, lithographs, engravings, and stage designs. He remained creative to the last day of his life. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Pablo Picasso

Je Suis Le Cahier: The Sketchbooks of Picasso (1985) 202 copies, 2 reviews
Picasso On Art (1972) 130 copies
Picasso--The Early Years, 1892-1906 (1997) 129 copies, 1 review
The sculpture of Picasso (1967) — Artist — 125 copies
Lysistrata: Illustrated by Picasso (1962) — Illustrator — 91 copies
Picasso Sculpture (2015) — Artist — 66 copies
Desire Caught by the Tail (Playscripts) (1964) 58 copies, 2 reviews
Picasso Lithographs (1970) 54 copies
Picasso: In His Words (1993) 49 copies
Picasso (2015) 46 copies
Picasso and the weeping women (1993) — Artist — 44 copies
Picasso (1940) 38 copies
Picasso's One-Liners (1997) 35 copies
The sculptor's studio: Etchings (1952) 31 copies, 1 review
Picasso (1974) 29 copies, 1 review
Picasso (1986) 27 copies
Hunk of Skin (1961) 26 copies, 1 review
Picasso érotique (2001) 23 copies
Picasso 347 (1970) 22 copies
Pablo Picasso Part 2 (1964) 21 copies
Picasso and His Collection (2008) 20 copies
Les demoiselles d'Avignon (1901) 19 copies
The sculptures of Picasso (2005) 16 copies
Picasso and Africa (2006) 14 copies
Picasso (Hyperion) (1950) 13 copies
Picasso (ArtDossier) (1987) 12 copies
Posters of Picasso (1957) 12 copies
Toros y toreros (1961) 11 copies
Picasso : the last decades (2002) 10 copies
Pablo Picasso Part 1 (1964) 10 copies
Picasso's posters (1971) 9 copies
Collection Museo Picasso Málaga (2003) 9 copies, 1 review
Picasso II (2005) 7 copies
Gongora (1985) 6 copies
Picasso keramiek (1985) 6 copies
Pablo Picasso Postcard Bk (2011) 6 copies
Picasso for Vollard (1957) 6 copies
Zeichnungen (1967) 5 copies
Picasso La Californie (2006) 5 copies
Picasso Flip Book (1996) 5 copies, 1 review
Drawings 5 copies
Picasso Postcard Book (1988) 5 copies
Huit entretiens avec Picasso (1952) — Contributor — 5 copies
Picasso (1997) 5 copies
Maler und Modell (1956) 5 copies
Picasso at Vallauris (1959) 4 copies
Correspondencia (2000) 4 copies
Scritti (1998) 4 copies
Six Picasso Postcards (2002) 4 copies
Picasso : fred og frihed (2011) 4 copies
Picasso intime (2003) 4 copies
Picasso : 1881-1973 (1996) 4 copies
Propos sur l'art (1998) 4 copies
Picasso, 29 masterworks (1980) 4 copies
Picasso : Suite Vollard (1994) 3 copies
Das Antlitz des Friedens (1988) 3 copies
Poesie (2022) 3 copies
Olga "Ol′ga" Picasso (2019) 3 copies
Picasso Minotauro (2000) 3 copies
Picasso: 16 Art Stickers (2000) 3 copies
Guernica (1937) 3 copies
Picasso 1881-1973 (2002) 3 copies
Die Lithographie (2000) 3 copies
Villers, Picasso (2016) 3 copies
Skinnstycke : diktsvit (1988) 3 copies
Picasso 1 (1881-1915) (1980) 3 copies
Picasso en Cataluña (1975) 2 copies
Picasso Sculptor (2000) 2 copies
Thoughts for the Art (2002) 2 copies
Picasso drawings (1949) 2 copies
Picasso mania, catalogue (2015) 2 copies
Picasso 2 (1916-1973) (1979) 2 copies
Pablo Picasso (1979) 2 copies
Picasso : prints (1986) 2 copies
Four French Moderns (1945) 2 copies
Picasso. Leben und Kunst (2005) 2 copies
Traum und Lüge Francos. (1997) 2 copies
Picasso und die Mythen. (2002) 2 copies
Carnet de Paris (1994) 2 copies
Picasso : the early years (1959) 2 copies
Graphic works 2 copies
Picasso Pintura Dibujo (1971) 2 copies
Poemas y declaraciones (1990) 1 copy
Pablo Picasso Teil II 1 copy, 1 review
Vuelve 1 copy
Picasso. Suite 156 (1997) 1 copy
Picasso azul y rosa (1973) 1 copy
Picasso ; Souza (2011) 1 copy
Picasso I 1 copy, 1 review
Picasso. Das druckgrafische Werk — Artist — 1 copy
Pablo Picasso {Finca Vigía} (1953) — Illustrator — 1 copy
The Tragedy 1 copy
The Lovers 1 copy
Still Life 1 copy
Le Gourmet 1 copy
Picasso 1969-1972 (2023) 1 copy
Las meninas 1 copy
Pablo Picasso (2003) 1 copy
Picasso Linolschnitte (2005) 1 copy
Gemälde 1 copy
Picasso Fine Art Tattoos (2001) — Artist — 1 copy
Picasso (2007) 1 copy
The Gourmet 1 copy
Scritti (2007) 1 copy
Gedichte (2007) 1 copy
Picasso 1930-1935. (1936) 1 copy
Picasso (2017) 1 copy
Picasso in Antibes (1960) 1 copy
Graphiken 1 copy
Lettere (2016) 1 copy

Associated Works

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1600) — Cover artist, some editions — 22,279 copies, 205 reviews
The Plague (1947) — Cover artist, some editions — 21,010 copies, 282 reviews
Lysistrata (0411) — Illustrator, some editions — 3,219 copies, 47 reviews
The Reprieve (1947) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,724 copies, 12 reviews
Iron in the Soul (1949) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,699 copies, 7 reviews
Evolution Man: Or, How I Ate My Father (1960) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,285 copies, 32 reviews
Theories of Modern Art: A Source Book by Artists and Critics (1968) — Contributor — 855 copies, 6 reviews
Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973 : Genius of the Century (1986) — Artist — 676 copies, 3 reviews
The Unknown Masterpiece (1831) — Illustrator, some editions — 469 copies, 8 reviews
The World of Picasso, 1881-1973 (1967) 440 copies, 4 reviews
City Lights Pocket Poets Anthology (1995) — Contributor — 411 copies, 6 reviews
Picasso and Portraiture (1996) 138 copies
Orpheus [screenplay] (1949) — Illustrator, some editions — 134 copies, 3 reviews
Art of the Surrealists (1995) — Illustrator — 121 copies, 5 reviews
Women (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 117 copies, 2 reviews
Metamorphoses [bilingual Latin German] (1994) — Illustrator, some editions — 105 copies
Surrealist Love Poems (2001) — Contributor — 98 copies, 1 review
Painting with Picasso (Mini Masters) (2006) — Illustrator — 94 copies, 1 review
Picasso (1981) 85 copies, 4 reviews
Surrealist Painters and Poets: An Anthology (2001) — Contributor — 71 copies
Pablo Picasso: Man and His Work (1974) — Illustrator — 58 copies, 2 reviews
Picasso 1932: Love, Fame, Tragedy (2018) — Artist — 58 copies
Shape Of My Heart (Art & Poetry Series) (1998) — Illustrator — 51 copies
Picasso and Modern British Art (2012) — Artist — 46 copies
Art for Children (Childcraft) (1954) — Illustrator — 40 copies
Picasso, in retrospect (1973) — Artist — 34 copies
The Explanation of Ideology: Family Structure and Social Systems (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 33 copies, 1 review
Picasso: 60 Years of Graphic Works (1966) — Illustrator — 20 copies
The Mystery of Picasso [1956 film] (2014) — Actor — 19 copies
Picasso and Paper (2020) — Artist — 18 copies
The Berggruen Collection : Berlin (2003) — Artist — 18 copies
Paris Was a Woman [1996 film] (1996) — Actor, some editions — 17 copies
New World Writing: Second Mentor Selection (1952) — Contributor — 13 copies
Onthebus No. 8 and 9 — Contributor — 6 copies
The Analog Sea Review: Number Four (2022) — Illustrator — 6 copies
American Aphrodite (Volume Four, Number Fifteen) (1954) — Contributor — 4 copies
Polnische Liebesgedichte (1980) — Illustrator — 3 copies
Pablo Picasso (2014) — Contributor — 3 copies
Пикассо (1998) — Associated Name — 2 copies

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Le dialogue entre la poésie et la peinture apparaît comme l'une des voies les plus caractéristiques de l'art moderne. Et ce dialogue des formes s'accompagne souvent d'un dialogue des artistes eux-mêmes qui, pour reprendre le propos de Blaise Cendrars, vivaient "mélangés, avec probablement les mêmes soucis", au moins dans le Paris d'avant la Première Guerre mondiale. La publication de la correspondance entre Picasso et Apollinaire permet désormais de suivre, pour ainsi dire en show more direct, entre 1905 et 1918, le dialogue d'une amitié toujours exigeante, souvent complice, parfois blessée aussi, nouée entre les deux artistes. Editée par Pierre Caizergues, spécialiste d'Apollinaire, et Hélène Seckel, conservateur au musée Picasso, cette correspondance inédite permet de nuancer l'image qu'on avait du peintre et du poète ; elle informe sur leur cheminement esthétique et surtout elle projette une lumière neuve sur leurs rapports familiers, sur leurs projets communs ou séparés dont certains étaient restés ignorés jusqu'ici. show less
The 100 etchings made by Picasso between 1930 and 1937 for the great art critic and dealer Ambroise Vollard have long been recognised as one of the supreme productions of the master's hand. These plates show, more than any of his other works, a man at once inspired by and prey to his dazzling imagination and the demands of his inner daemon.
This was the book that inspired Juan Felipe Herrera to write Laughing Out Loud, I Fly and Herrera’s book inspired me to read Picasso’s. While I was fascinated by Herrera’s book, I was less thrilled with Picasso’s, probably because his Spanish childhood memories seem more distant to me as an American.

Online bibliographic information indicates that this edition contains illustrations, but if so, alas, my second-hand copy has none.
cubism is not for me. 16 pictures, 90% cubism. the book itself is mouldy. will i die of cubism?

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Roland Penrose Translator
Ann Temkin Editor
Jean Clair Editor
Picasso Illustrator
Edward Quinn Photographer and Contributor
Marty Noble Designer
Markus Muller Editor and Author
Gilbert Seldes Introduction, Editor
Natasha Staller Contributor
Alicia Legg Chronology
Hans Bolliger Introduction
Virginie Perdrisot Contributor
Nancy Lim Contributor
loweryrebecca Contributor
Bernard Arnault Introduction
Vladimir Pozner Translator
Francis Ware Photographer
Liane Buchholz Grußwort
Françoise Gilot Contributor
Thomas Weber Greetings
Renata Antoniou Contributor
Morris Zaslavsky Calligrapher (title)
Mark Nelson Designer
Ute Garrote Translator
Cees Buddingh' Translator
Paul Blackburn Translator
Haydn Barnes Translator
Norbert Guterman Translator
Paul Celan Translator
Blai Bonet Contributor

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