Pablo Picasso and Marie-Therese: L'Amour Fou • Hardcover

Pablo Picasso and Marie-Therese: L'Amour Fou • Curated by John Richardson and Diana Widmaier Picasso

Gagosian Gallery, 2011. Published on the occasion of the exhibition. Hardcover. 300 pp. Bound in white cloth with titles stamped to spine and front in turquoise and black. Copious full-color plates, b&w photographs.

Good+ Clean and sturdy. Ding to fore board edge. Pages are clean and bright, though slightly rippled in places. Previous owner, professor of Art History, penned name and position to title page. No other markings. Dust jacket shows negligible dusting, mild edge wrinkle.

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Pablo Picasso's endless fascination with his lover's character and form led to radical shifts in his conception of portraiture and the mystical metamorphoses that the act of creation entails. Picasso's secretive love affair with Marie-Therese Walter, which began in 1927, inspired a radical shift in his conception of portraiture. The exhibition and catalogue present Marie-Therese as a primary vehicle for his experimentation during the period, including several works never before seen in the United States as well as previously unpublished personal letters and photographs. Picasso and Marie-Therese sheds new light on the interpretation of one of the most creative relationships in Picasso's rich and varied oeuvre.


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