Pablo Picasso's artistic output is astonishing in its ambition and variety. This handsome new publication examines a particular aspect of his legendary capacity for invention: his imaginative and original use of paper.
He used it as a support for autonomous works, including etchings, prints and drawings, as well as for his papier-collé experiments of the 1910s and his revolutionary three-dimensional 'constructions', made of cardboard, paper and string. Sometimes, his use of paper was simply determined by circumstance: in occupied Paris, where art supplies were hard to come by, he ripped up paper tablecloths to make works of art. And, of course, his works on paper comprise the preparatory stages of some of his very greatest paintings, among them Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and Guernica (1937).
With reproductions of more than 300 works of art and additional texts by Violette Andres, Stephen Coppel, Emmanuelle Hincelin, Christopher Lloyd, Johan Popelard and Claustre Rafart Planas, this sumptuous study reveals the myriad ways in which Picasso's genius seized the potential of paper at different stages throughout his career.
| ISBN: | 9781912520176 |
| Publication date: | 17th January 2020 |
| Author: | Émilia Philippot, Johan Popelard, Violette Andres, Pablo Picasso, Royal Academy of Arts Great Britain, Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Publisher: | Royal Academy of Arts |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 325 pages |
| Series: | Royal Academy of Arts |
| Genres: |
Individual artists, art monographs Exhibition catalogues and specific collections Human figures depicted in art |
Pablo Picasso's artistic output is astonishing in its ambition and variety. This handsome new publication examines a particular aspect of his legendary capacity for invention: his imaginative and original use of paper.
He used it as a support for autonomous works, including etchings, prints and drawings, as well as for his papier-collé experiments of the 1910s and his revolutionary three-dimensional 'constructions', made of cardboard, paper and string. Sometimes, his use of paper was simply determined by circumstance: in occupied Paris, where art supplies were hard to come by, he ripped up paper tablecloths to make works of art. And, of course, his works on paper comprise the preparatory stages of some of his very greatest paintings, among them Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and Guernica (1937).
With reproductions of more than 300 works of art and additional texts by Violette Andres, Stephen Coppel, Emmanuelle Hincelin, Christopher Lloyd, Johan Popelard and Claustre Rafart Planas, this sumptuous study reveals the myriad ways in which Picasso's genius seized the potential of paper at different stages throughout his career.
Picasso and Paper features in the following genres: Individual artists, art monographs, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections, Human figures depicted in art
Picasso and Paper is available in Hardback
Picasso and Paper was written by Émilia Philippot, Johan Popelard, Violette Andres, Pablo Picasso, Royal Academy of Arts Great Britain, Cleveland Museum of Art and published by Royal Academy of Arts
Picasso and Paper has 325 pages
Yes it is part of Royal Academy of Arts series
£36.00