
A Life of Picasso Volume III: The Triumphant Years, 1917-1932 - Life of Picasso (Paperback)
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Drawing on exhaustive research from interviews and unpublished archival material, John Richardson has produced the long-awaited third volume of the definitive biography, full of original, groundbreaking new insights into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. His lively and incisive analysis of the work meshes seamlessly with the rich and detailed narrative of this complex and sensual life.
The Triumphant Years reveals Picasso at the height of his powers, producing not only the costumes and sets for such Diaghilev Ballets Russes productions as Parade and Tricorne but some of his most important sculpture and paintings. These are tumultuous years, Picasso torn between marital respectability with Olga, the Russian ballerina who was his first wife, and the erotic passion of his mistress, Marie-Therese.
This extraordinary biography ends with the completion of a dramatic series of drawings of the crucifixion. From then on the horrors of war would replace any private horrors, leading ultimately to Picasso's masterpiece, Guernica.
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9781845951290
Number of pages: 608
Weight: 1643 g
Dimensions: 233 x 187 x 36 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
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 *
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