Picasso: The Artists Work in Soviet Museums
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Picasso: The Artists Work in Soviet Museums Details
From Publishers Weekly Among Picasso's oils, watercolors, gouaches and drawings at the Hermitage in Leningrad and the Pushkin Museum in Moscow are some of his most famous early masterpieces ( Family of Saltimbanques ; Still Life with Violin ). Covering his Blue, Rose, "circus," African-inspired and cubist phases, this oeuvre takes us from his arrival in Paris in 1900 at age 19 to the outbreak of WW I. In a beautifully produced, oversized album, Soviet art critic Podoksik weaves a penetrating, very readable essay around this body of work, highlighting the deep humanism which made it so appealing to Russia's pre-revolutionary avant-garde. Along with 56 large color plates, a special section includes 490 miniature reproductions of paintings, sculptures, engravings and drawings, so each of the 56 major works can be fitted into the context of Picasso's artistic evolution. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. Read more
Reviews
Beautiful volume, and quite the steal too at $4 with shipping. A survey of the works of Picasso in Russia, filled with 680 illustrations with 65 full color plates, finely bound in Austria. accompanying text is readable and informative. would make a great addition to any art book collection, for any lover of art/Picasso