“The text and illustrations of this book offer the most comprehensive account ever published of Picasso's sculpture. Though the number of these works is only a fraction of his prodigious output in painting, Picasso has produced sculpture from 1901 to the present, and at some periods of his life his preoccupation with this medium has been paramount. His greatness as a sculptor has long been recognized, but the true significance of this art within his total creative achievement could not be revealed until after his eighty-fifth birthday, when for the first time he allowed a full-scale retrospective of his sculpture—for the most part still in his possession—to be shown, first in Paris, later in London, and finally at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. This publication is issued in conjunction with the latter exhibition. Its 260 gravure illustrations reproduce virtually all Picasso's exist ing sculptural oeuvre, and the text is by Picasso's friend and biographer, Roland Penrose, who selected the works for the London and New York shows.” – Roland Penrose
Designed by Joseph Bourke Del Valle. Title calligraphy by Morris Zaslavsky. Type set in Linotype Granjon by The Composing Room, and printed on Mohawk Superfine paper by Photogravure and Color Company and Crafton Graphic Company. Colour frontispiece printed by Lebanon Valley Offset Company. Bound by J. F. Tapley Company. First Edition, September, 1967.
Title: The Sculpture of Picasso
Artist/Author: Roland Penrose
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art, New York
Publication date: 1967
Designer: Joseph Bourke Del Valle
Format: softcover
Pages: 231
Images: 260 images. Illustrated in b/w with tipped-in colour frontispiece
Language: English
Condition: very good. ownership inscription in pencil
Stock Number: RB04848 GAL
“The text and illustrations of this book offer the most comprehensive account ever published of Picasso's sculpture. Though the number of these works is only a fraction of his prodigious output in painting, Picasso has produced sculpture from 1901 to the present, and at some periods of his life his preoccupation with this medium has been paramount. His greatness as a sculptor has long been recognized, but the true significance of this art within his total creative achievement could not be revealed until after his eighty-fifth birthday, when for the first time he allowed a full-scale retrospective of his sculpture—for the most part still in his possession—to be shown, first in Paris, later in London, and finally at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. This publication is issued in conjunction with the latter exhibition. Its 260 gravure illustrations reproduce virtually all Picasso's exist ing sculptural oeuvre, and the text is by Picasso's friend and biographer, Roland Penrose, who selected the works for the London and New York shows.” – Roland Penrose
Designed by Joseph Bourke Del Valle. Title calligraphy by Morris Zaslavsky. Type set in Linotype Granjon by The Composing Room, and printed on Mohawk Superfine paper by Photogravure and Color Company and Crafton Graphic Company. Colour frontispiece printed by Lebanon Valley Offset Company. Bound by J. F. Tapley Company. First Edition, September, 1967.
Title: The Sculpture of Picasso
Artist/Author: Roland Penrose
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art, New York
Publication date: 1967
Designer: Joseph Bourke Del Valle
Format: softcover
Pages: 231
Images: 260 images. Illustrated in b/w with tipped-in colour frontispiece
Language: English
Condition: very good. ownership inscription in pencil
Stock Number: RB04848 GAL
