Sculpture Of Picasso Rare 1967 1st Ed Photogravure Hc Modernist Art Exhbt Book

  
THIS " THE SCULPTURE OF PICASSO " RARE VINTAGE 1967 FIRST EDITION ICONIC MUSEUM OF MODERN ART EXHIBITION COLLECTOR'S HARDCOVER MID CENTURY MODERNIST ART BOOK IS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE BOOK TO ADD TO YOUR LIBRARY COLLECTION. THE HARDCOVER EXHIBITION ART BOOK WITH BROWN LINEN COVERED BOARDS, EMBOSSED COVER AND SPINE TITLES, AND DUST JACKET IS PUBLISHED BY THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART NEW YORK, PRINTED ON MOHAWK SUPERFINE PAPER BY PHOTOGRAVURE IN 1967 IN A LIMITED EDITION BY LEBANON VALLEY OFFSET COMPANY, BOOK DESIGNED BY JOSEPH COURKE DEL VALLE. PABLO PICASSO (1881 - 1973) WAS A SPANISH BORN PAINTER, SCULPTOR, PRINTMAKER, CERAMICIST, POET AND PLAYWRIGHT WHO SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE IN FRANCE. HE IS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. EXCEPTIONALLY PROLIFIC THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF HIS LONG LIFE, PICASSO ACHIEVED UNIVERSAL RENOWN AND IMMENSE FORTUNE FOR HIS REVOLUTIONARY ARTISTIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND BECAME ONE OF THE MOST WELL KNOWN FIGURES IN 20TH CENTURY ART. THE TEXT AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF THIS BOOK OFFER THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT EVER THAT HAD EVER BEEN PUBLISHED OF PICASSO'S SCULPTURE. 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 85TH BIRTHDAY, WHEN FOR THE FIRST TIME HE WAS ALLOWED A FULLS CALE RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF HIS SCULPTURE AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK.

THIS BOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT ICONIC EXHIBITION IN 1967. IT'S 260 PHOTOGRAVURE ILLUSTRATIONS REPRODUCE VIRTUALLY ALL PICASSO'S EXISTING SCULPTURAL OEUVRE, AND THE COMPELLING TEXT IS BY PICASSO'S FRIEND OF MANY YEARS BIOGRAPHER, ROLAND PENROSE, WHO SELECTED THE WORKS FOR THE EXHIBITION.

THE RARE OUT OF PRINT STATED 1ST EDITION ICONIC COLLECTOR'S EXHIBITION MODERNIST ART BOOK MEASURES 9 3/4" W X 12" H X 3/4 D, WITH 231 PAGES. IT FEATURES 260 ILLUSTRATIONS, A CATALOG LIST OF THE ARTIST'S EXHIBITIONS, AND CHRONOLOGY BY ALICIA LEGG.

THERE IS SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE VISIBLE WEAR TO THE DUST JACKET. THE BOOK IS IN CLEAN CONDITION. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR CONDITION REFERENCE.

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• Year Printed: 1967
• Modified Item: No
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Topic: Fine Arts: Monographs
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Pablo Picasso
• Author: Roland Penrose
• Subject: Art & Photography
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Language: English
• Signed: No
• Publisher: Museum of Modern Art, New York
• Special Attributes: Rare out of Print, 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Limited Edition