A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years 1917-1932.

RICHARDSON, John; with the collaboration of Marilyn McCully [Pablo Picasso].

$275.00

Item Number: 145267

London: Jonathan Cape, 2007.

First edition of the third volume in Richardson’s four-volume biography of the famous artist. Small quarto, original black boards, frontispiece portrait of Picasso in Saint-Raphael 1919, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and a several color images of Picasso’s paintings. Boldly signed by John Richardson on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Valentine Hugo.

'A Life of Picasso' is the definitive biography of Spanish artist Picasso. Compiled through exhaustive research from interviews and unpublished archival material, this analysis not only reads with incredible narrative excellence but also with extraordinary scholarly range. The third volume of the series follows Picasso at the height of his powers in Rome and Naples.