A Life of Picasso Volume III by John Richardson
Drawing on exhaustive research from interviews and unpublished archival material, John Richardson has produced the long-awaited third volume of the definitive biography, full of original, groundbreaking new insights into Picasso's life and work.
The latest instalment of the finest artistic biography ever written -- Waldemar Januszczak * Sunday Times *
No man is better qualified to write the biography of Picasso..he writes with such fluency, simplicity and clarity that his knowledge and illuminating wisdom are very lightly borne... A marvellous book -- Brian Sewell * Evening Standard *
Unmissably good -- Tim Martin * 'Christmas Biography Choice' Daily Telegraph *
Every page provides some insightful and fascinating information -- William Boyd * 'Books of the Year', Sunday Herald *
I love this tumultuous, mercurial, idiosyncratic cavalcade of a book... It is a book that manages to be simultaneously individual and authoritative, and makes one impatient for the next volume -- Philip Hensher * Daily Telegraph *
No man is better qualified to write the biography of Picasso..he writes with such fluency, simplicity and clarity that his knowledge and illuminating wisdom are very lightly borne... A marvellous book -- Brian Sewell * Evening Standard *
Unmissably good -- Tim Martin * 'Christmas Biography Choice' Daily Telegraph *
Every page provides some insightful and fascinating information -- William Boyd * 'Books of the Year', Sunday Herald *
I love this tumultuous, mercurial, idiosyncratic cavalcade of a book... It is a book that manages to be simultaneously individual and authoritative, and makes one impatient for the next volume -- Philip Hensher * Daily Telegraph *
John Richardson worked for Christie's in New York, has written books on Manet and Braque, and has been a contributor to The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker and Vanity Fair. The first volume of his Life of Picasso won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award in 1991. In 1993 he was made a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. In 1994-95 he served as the Slade Professor of Art at Oxford University. He lives between Connecticut and New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781845951290 |
| ISBN 10 | 1845951298 |
| Title | A Life of Picasso Volume III |
| Author | John Richardson |
| Series | Life Of Picasso |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2009-02-05 |
| Number of pages | 608 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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