
A Life of Picasso: Volume 1. The Prodigy, 1881–1906
John Richardson
A three-volume study of the life and work of Pablo Picasso captures the artist from his early life in Málaga and Barcelona, through his revolutionary Cubist period, to the height of his talent in prewar Europe.
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- 1991
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Pablo Picasso's lifeArt historyCubism
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyShortlisted(1991)
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