A Picasso Anthology

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Review "The hundred or so brief documents collected here, dating back to 1900, are a kind of Richter-scale recording of Picasso's impact on this century." (The New Yorker)"Sheds light not only on Picasso, but also on those others--Gertrude Stein, Jean Cocteau, and Salvador Dali--who interpreted and influenced the master's art." (The Wilson Quarterly) Read more From the Back Cover Picasso's extraordinary capacity to work in a variety of mediums and styles has amazed his critics since the first years of he century. This collection of critical and personal reactions to Picasso at every stage of his career provides a remarkable account of the many innovations and changes of direction which baffled his contemporaries. Picasso's working methods and his attitudes to his own art are also revealed in conversations and in letters and statements by his closest friends. Read more See all Editorial Reviews