picasso, edited by carsten-peter warncke and ingo f. walther
"I wanted to be a painter, and I became picasso," declared pablo picasso (1881-1973) in an apt survey of a triumphant career. he had good grounds for the confidence palpable in his statement, for in the history of 20th century art, his name stands out over all others. in picasso’s paintings, drawings, lithographs, ceramics, and sculptures, he was tirelessly inventive and innovative, exhibiting an aesthetic bravado that kept him one step ahead of his contemporaries. from subject matter to new forms and techniques to new media, picasso got there first. the spanish artist's enormous output, from the eight-year-old's beginnings to the late work of a man of ninety-one, is surely one of the most diverse and creatively energetic in the whole history of art, and it is no exaggeration to see him as the genius of the century. carsten-peter warncke's study is a thorough review of picasso's entire oeuvre, from the early blue and rose periods, through the analytic and synthetic cubism and classicist phase all the way up to the art of the old savage picasso.

this study of picasso, the most exhaustive record of his work to date, contains almost 1,500 illustrations—from his earliest drawings to the master's very last painting. comes in two volumes with a slipcase.

english. softcover. 7.9”w x 10.5”h. 740 pages.

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