Je suis le cahier : the sketchbooks of Picasso / edited by Arnold Glimcher and Marc Glimcher ; with contributions by Claude Picasso ... [et al.]

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973)

1986, First Paperback Edition. London : Royal Academy of Arts. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance: From the library of Denis Thomas with his bookplate inside front cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 349 pages; Physical desc. : 349 p. : chiefly ill. (some col. ), facsims. , ports. ; 32 cm. Subjects: Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 - Exhibitions - Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. - Criticism and interpretation. Summary: On his death Picasso left some 175 sketchbooks spanning over 60 years, their pages filled with drawings which were largely unknown even to close friends and scholars. This text presents a record of the day-to-day working life of the artist, and deals directly or indirectly with almost every phase of Picasso's career. Individual leaves as well as six sketchbooks are shown in full and in sequence, and six essays by art historians (Claude Picasso, E. A. Carmean, Robert Rosenblum, Theodore Reff, Rosalind E. Krauss, Sam Hunter, Gert Schiff and Francoise Gilot) each relate to a single sketchbook on the essayist's field of expertise. Catalog of an exhibition at the Royal Academy Arts of London, 11 Sept. -23 Nov. 1986, organised by the Pace Gallery, New York. Item #184812

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