Picasso Sculpture

Hardback

Main Details

Title Picasso Sculpture
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ann Temkin
By (author) Anne Umland
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 305,Width 240
Category/GenreArt and design styles - from c 1900 to now
Sculpture
Individual artists and art monographs
ISBN/Barcode 9780870709746
ClassificationsDewey:730.92
Audience
General
Illustrations With 408 illustrations in colour and black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Museum of Modern Art
Imprint Museum of Modern Art
Publication Date 12 October 2015
Publication Country United States

Description

Published in conjunction with the first large-scale retrospective of Picasso's sculpture in the United States since The Museum of Modern Art's historic show of 1967, Picasso Sculpture is a sweeping survey of the artist's profoundly innovative and influential work in three dimensions. Over the course of his long career, Picasso devoted himself to sculpture wholeheartedly, if episodically, using both traditional and unconventional materials and techniques. Unlike painting, in which he was formally trained and through which he made his living, sculpture occupied a uniquely personal and experimental status in Picasso's oeuvre. He kept the majority of his sculptures in his private possession during his lifetime, and it was only in the late 1960s that the public became fully aware of this side of his oeuvre. Picasso Sculpture presents more than 100 sculptures - many of them captured in newly commissioned and sometimes multi-view photographs - alongside a selection of works on paper and photographs. Organized into chapters that correspond to distinct periods during which Picasso devoted himself to sculpture, the publication features an introduction by the exhibition curators as well as a richly illustrated documentary chronology focusing on the sculptures included in the exhibition. This is a comprehensive bibliography and list of historic exhibitions related to Picasso's work in sculpture closes the volume, advancing the understanding of Picasso's practice and lifelong commitment to constant reinvention.

Author Biography

Ann Temkin is The Marie-Josee and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Reviews

exceptional.... Topping my list is the Museum of Modern Art's Picasso Sculpture... Touch down at almost any point, and you'll learn something new.--Roberta Smith "The New York Times" thrilling--Anne Doran "ARTnews" I came away from the exhibits...convinced that Picasso was more naturally a sculptor than a painter.--Peter Schjeldahl "The New Yorker"