Picasso and the Camera

Paperback
$100.00 US
On sale Nov 18, 2014 | 350 Pages | 9780847845910

With many never-before-published photographs taken by the artist, as well as paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints, and films, this volume offers an unparalleled examination of Pablo Picasso’s relationship to photography.
John Richardson is the author of a multivolume biography on the life of Picasso; the fourth and final volume is forthcoming. He is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair. Marvin Heiferman is an American curator and writer who originates projects about the impact of photographic images on art and visual culture. Paul Hayes Tucker has taught art history at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, since 1978. In addition to his many publications, he has served as guest curator for more than half a dozen major exhibitions. Mary Ann Caws is an author, art historian, and literary critic. She is Distinguished Professor of English, French, and Comparative Literature at the Graduate School of the City University of New York. Victoria Combalia has been a Professor of Contemporary Art at the University of Barcelona since 1974. She is a monthly contributor to El Pais and a founding member of the Catalan Association of Art Critics.

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With many never-before-published photographs taken by the artist, as well as paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints, and films, this volume offers an unparalleled examination of Pablo Picasso’s relationship to photography.

Author

John Richardson is the author of a multivolume biography on the life of Picasso; the fourth and final volume is forthcoming. He is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair. Marvin Heiferman is an American curator and writer who originates projects about the impact of photographic images on art and visual culture. Paul Hayes Tucker has taught art history at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, since 1978. In addition to his many publications, he has served as guest curator for more than half a dozen major exhibitions. Mary Ann Caws is an author, art historian, and literary critic. She is Distinguished Professor of English, French, and Comparative Literature at the Graduate School of the City University of New York. Victoria Combalia has been a Professor of Contemporary Art at the University of Barcelona since 1974. She is a monthly contributor to El Pais and a founding member of the Catalan Association of Art Critics.

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