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by Pierre Daix, Olivia Emmet. 450 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Pierre Daix, Olivia Emmet

Publisher:

   Icon Editions

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1993
Subjects:   Picasso, Pablo,--1881-1973, Artists--France--Biography
Table of contents
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
PART ONE THE FORMATION OF GENIUS
Yo, Picasso (1881-1897) 3
From Prodigy to Artist (1897-1900) 10
Paris, Here I Come! (1900-1901) 17
The Tragedy of Casagemas and the Blue Period (1901-1904) 26
Love at the Bateau-Lavoir (1904-1905) 37
PART TWO TO THE AVANT-GARDE
Decisive Encounters (1906-Early 1907) 51
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) 65
The Cordée with Braque (1907-1908) 79
The Invention of Cubism (1909-1911) 93
PART THREE ÉVA OR LIBERTY
The Cubist Explosion (Summer 1911-1912) 109
The Revolution of Papiers Collés (Autumn 1912—Summer 1913) 123
Fulfillment (Autumn 1913—Summer 1914) 133
The War and Éva's Death (Summer 1914-1916) 141
PART FOUR OLGA OR MARRIAGE
Parade and Marriage (1916-1917) 151
Return to Order (1918-Early 1920) 161
Paternity and Classicism (1920-1923) 172
The Approach of Surrealism (1923-1924) 181
Crisis of Marriage (1924-1926) 187
Conjectures on Picasso's Philosophy at This Critical Juncture 194
PART FIVE MARIE-THÉRÈSE OR THE SECRET
The Métamorphoses (1927-1929) 201
Renewal of Surrealism (1929-1930) 211
Hymn to Marie-Thérèse (1931-1932) 219
A Marriage Ends (1933-1934) 227
The Birth of Maya (1935-1936) 234
PART SIX DORA MAAR OR THE WAR
Spain at Heart (1936-1937) 243
From Guernica to Munich (1937-1938) 249
The War (1938-1940) 257
The Resistance (1940-1944) 265
PART SEVEN FRANÇOISE AND COMMITMENT
A New Departure (1944-1946) 277
Françoise (1946) 288
Between Socialist Realism and Abstract Art (1947-1951) 295
"A Detestable Season in Hell" (1951-1953) 304
PART EIGHT JACQUELINE AND THE FREEDOM OF OLD AGE
Questioning Everything (1953-1954) 315
Turning Point (1954-1956) 322
Again into the Unknown (1957-1958) 332
From Vauvenargues to Mougins by Way of Manet (1959-1962) 341
The Master of Mougins (1963-1965) 348
Bearing the Weight of Art (1966-1969) 355
A Picasso Finale (1969-1973) 363
Above and Beyond 371
Abbreviations Used in Source Notes 378
Source Notes 381
Appendix: The Exhibition at Vollard's and Its Consequences 437
Index of Names 440
Index of Works 445
Photographs and illustrations follow page 210 .
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Subjects: Art exhibits, Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973), Visual artists
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Subjects: Art criticism, Art history, Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973), Rubin, William, Visual artists
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...Early Years. by Marilyn McCully On OCT. 25, 1881, Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los...Crispiniano Santisma Trinidad was born to Jose Ruiz Blasco and Maria Picasso Lopez in Malaga, Spain. He was called Pablo Ruiz Picasso...Bearded Man" -- in his personal collection until his death in 1973. During the summer of 1895, Picasso visited the Prado Museum...
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