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Matisse and Picasso
The Story of Their Rivalry and Friendship
by Jack Flam
ISBN: 0813365813
ISBN-13: 9780813365817
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
Flam probes the tumultuous relationship between these master painters of the 20th century. MATISSE AND PICASSO explores the ways in which their lives intersected, their views on artistic success, and finally how they approached death.
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Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Published date: 2003
Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.2 pounds
Pages: 224
Publisher's Notes
The parallel lives of two compelling and competitive artists and their recurrent engagements with desire and mortality.
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Matisse and Picasso: The Story of Their Rivalry and Friendship
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Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: Westview Press, 2003. Cambridge, MA, U.S.A. Westview Press, 2003. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good/Very Good. Black cloth with gilt titles, light shelfwear, small pink remainder mark at base, otherwise, a clean, tight, and unmarked copy. As new. Unclipped black pictorial dust jacket with light wear. The parallel lives of two compelling and competitive artists and their recurrent engagements with desire and mortality. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by The Bookpile (United States)
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Perseus Books Group, 2003 Nice clean unmarked hardcover in dustjacket, appears to be th second printing.. First Edition - 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Nearfine/Nearfine. Illus. by Photo Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Randy Burns (United States)
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Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Perseus Books Group, 2003 Hardback, Brand New, Explores the parallel lives of these two artists and their very different attitudes toward the idea of artistic greatness, toward the women they loved, and their confrontations with death. 275 pages inc index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Facts and Fiction Bookshop (Australia)
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NY / London: Westview Press, 2003. NEW, unread copy. 1st Edition, 1st Printing, small mark to lower outside page edge. White, clean, crisp and bright 1st Edition, 1st Printing. A very SHARP copy! All of our books are hand selected and are as described. Mylar protective sleeves are available. . First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. ( more information) Offered by Abandoned Books (United States)
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MATISSE/PICASSO: THE STORY OF THEIR RIVALRY AND FRIENDSHIP
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Cambridge, MA: Westview Press/Icon edition/Perseus Books Group, 2003. ART: BIOGRAPHY: 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches. 276 pages including index. Illustrated with black and white photographs of art work throughout text. A look at two titans of the art world: Henri Matisse (1869-1954) and Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) and their very different attitudes toward "the idea of artistic greatness, toward the women they loved. and ultimately toward their confrontation with death. // Book and Dust Jacket as new in protective mylar cover.. ISBN: 0813365813. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Art, Biography, MATISSE/PICASSO: THE STORY OF THEIR RIVALRY AND FRIENDSHIP, Jack Flam, Henri MATISSE ( 1869 -1954 ), Pablo PICASSO ( 1881 - 1973 ), ARTISTS, FRANCE,Spain, HISTORY, EUROPEAN, Different Attitudes, Idea of Artistic Greatness, Women They Loved, Confrontation with Death.. ( more information) Offered by AKRAN Fine Books (United States)
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Basic Books. Hardcover. 0813365813 New with very slight shelf wear from time on shelf (like you'd see at a major chain). We ship daily, provide personalized customer service and want you to have a great experience purchasing from us. Thank you for your consideration. . New. ( more information) Offered by BennettBooksLtd (United States)
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Matisse and Picasso: The Story of Their Rivalry and Friendship
Flam, Jack
Boulder, CO: Westview Press; Icon Edition, 2003 Cloth, xi, 276 pp., illus., biblio. notes, index. BRAND NEW. Remainder mark/tail edge. "Matisse and Picasso achieved extraordinary prominence during their lifetimes. They have become cultural icons, standing not only for different kinds of art but also for different ways of living. Matisse, known for his restraint and intense sense of privacy, for his decorum and discretion, created an art that transcended daily life and conveyed a sensuality that inhabited an abstract and ethereal realm of being. In contrast, Picasso became the exemplar of intense emotionality, of theatricality, of art as a kind of autobiographical confession that was often charged with violence and explosive eroticism. In Matisse and Picasso, Jack Flam explores the compelling, competitive, parallel lives of these two artists and their very different attitudes toward the idea of artistic greatness, toward the women they loved, and ultimately toward their confrontations with death. / Jack Flam is Distinguished Professor of Art and Art History at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He has written extensively on nineteenth- and twentieth-century European and American art and his books include Matisse on Art, Matisse: the Man and His Art, 1869-1918, and Les peintures de Picasso: Un théâtre mental. He lectures internationally and has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Senior Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities." - Publisher.. Hard Cover. NEW/NEW. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Left Coast Books (United States)
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