Title:
Picasso and the war years, 1937-1945
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[organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, in collaboration with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York] ; Steven A. Nash, editor with Robert Rosenblum ; contributions by Brigitte Baer ... [et al.]
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New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson ; [San Francisco] : Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1998.
Physical Description:
256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
ISBN:
9780500092743
General Note:
Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 10 October 1998-3 January 1999 and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 5 February-26 April 1999.
Abstract:
"This book draws upon new research and works that, in some cases, were held out of public view in Picasso's own collection to explore the critically important - but still under-studiedperiod of his life from the time of the Spanish Civil War through World War II and the Nazi occupation of France. This span of years is marked by some of the most intensely personal and expressive work of his long and diverse career." "This book is published in conjunction with a major exhibition organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. It traces Picasso's responses to the cataclysm of war as manifested in a lengthy series of figure paintings, still lifes, portraits, and cityscapes, amplified by prints, drawings, and photographs, drawn from collections all around the world."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-249) and index.
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Contents:
Picasso, War, and Art / Steven A. Nash -- Picasso's Disasters of War: The Art of Blasphemy / Robert Rosenblum -- Death Falling from the Sky: Picasso's Wartime Texts / Lydia Csato Gasman -- From Guernica to The Charnel House: The Political Radicalization of the Artist / Gertje R. Utley -- Where Do They Come From - Those Superb Paintings and Horrid Women of "Picasso's War"? / Brigitte Baer -- Circumventing Picasso: Jean Paulhan and His Artists / Michele C. Cone -- Reports from the Home Fronts: Some Skirmishes over Picasso's Reputation / Michael FitzGerald -- Chronology / Steven A. Nash.