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Visiting Picasso: The Notebooks and Letters of Roland Penrose
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Product Description
Containing previously unpublished, uncensored and on-the-spot observations of Picasso at home and in company, "Visiting Picasso" is a wonderfully vivid, spontaneous and lively record of Roland Penroses' many encounters with the artist and his family, friends and associates, from their first meeting in 1936 to the artists death in 1973. Over seventy photographs, many by Penroses' wife Lee Miller, illustrate the colourful cast of characters, including Dora Maar, Francoise Gilot, Jean Cocteau and Georges Braque, as well as artworks and events described.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #363344 in Books
- Published on: 2006-04-24
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 400 pages
Editorial Reviews
The Independent
'Penrose makes a good Boswell'
The Sunday Tribune
'...a compelling narrative of the relationship between Penrose and Picasso...accessible and absorbing, full of anecdotes and titbits of information'
About the Author
Elizabeth Cowling is a renowned Picasso scholar and was co-curator, with John Golding, of the blockbuster 2002 - 3 exhibition 'Matisse Picasso' (Tate Modern, Grand Palais, MoMA). She is currently Reader in History of Art at Edinburgh University. Her book Picasso: Style and Meaning won the 2003 British Academy Book Award.
