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Picasso's Drawings 1890-1921: Reinventing Tradition
by [PICASSO, PABLO] GALASSI, Susan Grace & Marilyn McCully; Joanna Sheers & Katie Steiner, assistance
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About This Item
New Haven: Yale University Press / The Frick Collection, 2011. First Edition. Quarto (27.5cm x 23cm). Brown cloth boards (hardcover) with titling embossed in darker brown on spine; pictorial dustjacket; 302pp; illus. Very Good+ copy; two gently bumped corners; very small tear to upper spine hinge; slight shelf wear to extremities, else clean and tight. Very Good+ dustwrapper; slight shelf wear to extremities; two small teats to upper cover flap corner, else clean. Published on the occasion of of the exhibition held at The Frick Collection, New York and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC in 2012, this volume explores, through critical essays by its author, Picasso's style, sources, and techniques as well as critical responses to his early drawings to argue that the artist relied on drawing as a means of synthesizing tradition and innovation. 74 reproductions of Picass's drawings as well as hundreds of illustrations in color and b&w.
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- Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44495
- Title
- Picasso's Drawings 1890-1921: Reinventing Tradition
- Author
- [PICASSO, PABLO] GALASSI, Susan Grace & Marilyn McCully; Joanna Sheers & Katie Steiner, assistance
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Yale University Press / The Frick Collection
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 2011
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