EAN: 9783791377254

PICASSO

Fifty years after Picasso's death  this magnificent collection of drawings offers a
career-spanning tour of the artist's brilliant and dynamic use of line and a window into the
heart and soul of the most prolific aspect of his oeuvre.         From his early studies to his
final works  drawing was  for Picasso  an ever-renewing exploration of the powers of the line.
Comprising over three hundred reproductions from his massive oeuvre  this collection features
both well-received and rarely seen works  as well as images from his extraordinary notebooks.
It features fifty penetrating essays that examine the themes  symbols and techniques that echo
throughout Picasso's career-from monsters  crucifixions  and self-portraits to crayon 
crosshatching  and ink. It includes book illustrations and plans for sculptures  color and
figure studies  collage and journal entries. Stunning full-color reproductions allow readers to
appreciate the enormous inventiveness and diversity of Picasso's work  from serpentine lines to
hatched drawing  from the delicate nuances of pastel to the deep blacks of ink.    Accompanying
the largest-ever exhibition of Picasso's drawings and engravings  this gorgeous volume is a
must-have for students and fans of one of the greatest artists of the modern era.

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