"A Musee National Picasso-Paris/Flammarion co-edition"--page 244. "In collaboration with the Fondation Giacometti"--Page facing title page. Based on the catalogues accompanying the exhibition Picasso-Giacometti, held at the Musee National Picasso-Paris, October 4, 2016-February 5, 2017 and at The Fire Station, Doha, February 22, 2017-May 21 2017. Translated from the French by Mot.tiff Inside, Paris (Philippa Bowe-Smith and Justin Hillier) and David Radzinowicz. Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-237). "Picasso-Giacometti" : October 4, 2016-February 5, 2017, Musee national Picasso-Paris, Paris, France. "Picasso-Giacometti" : February 22, 2017-May 21, 2017, the Fire Station, Doha, Qatar.
Contents:
Picasso and Giacometti, two monsters of art / Catherine Grenier -- Memories of a friendship: Picasso through the eyes of Giacometti / Serena Bucalo-Mussely -- Under the sign of the formless: Picasso and Giacometti, 1927-1933 / Agnes de La Beaumelle -- Picasso-Giacometti : 'The challenge to the real' / Sarah Wilson -- Picasso and Giacometti: scultpures or 'the poetics of space' / Virginie Perdrisot -- Signs of genius -- From traditional to modern sculpture -- Other influences -- Eros and Thanatos -- The lover and the model -- A return to realism -- Constellation / Virginie Duchene -- Anthology / Nathalie Leleu -- Appendices. Timeline: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) ; Timeline: Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) ; Pablo Picasso: selected bibliography / Jeanne-Yvette Sudour ; Alberto Giacometti: selected bibliography / Serena Bucalo-Mussely.
Summary:
"Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti, each in their own way, deeply disrupted existing artistic codes and pushed the limits of established aesthetic canons in the realms of painting and sculpture. This volume reveals the little known relationship--both artistic and personal--between the artists and their dialogue on the subjects and questions central to their work. More than one hundred reproductions of Picasso and Giacometti's works establish clear correlations in their artistic production, and expert authors offer incisive insight on these links, drawing on previously unpublished documents. A constellation diagram maps out the vast network of their shared acquaintances and sources of inspiration, and an anthology of historical texts offers perspective from contemporaries of the master artists" --publishers' description, page [4] of jacket.
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