“Commenting
on 250 black-and-white and 55 color reproductions woven throughout the text,
the prolific author presents Picasso as a painter who was wholly derivative
until his Blue Period, and who then harnessed his inner terrors, his dread of
mental and physical destruction, as a stimulus to his work.
“Mailer
considers Cubism, and Picasso's related discoveries between 1907 and 1917, as
his creative peak, from which he would beat a retreat by the late 1920s.
“This
elegantly written portrait, which makes Picasso's erotic drawings and paintings
an integral part of the story, mixes shrewd insights, wild psychosexual
speculations, anecdotes and telling incidents. The narrative, which closes on
the eve of WWI, pays special attention to Picasso's relationships with his mistress,
Fernande Olivier (whose untranslated memoirs, written in her 70s, Mailer
excerpts in chunks); and with Gertrude Stein, Guillaume Apollinaire and
Picasso's sexually impotent friend, aesthete Carlos Casagemas, who committed
suicide in 1901, dejected over unrequited love for a model.”—Publishers Weekly
The book is in fine collectible condition, with no torn or bent pages, no scratches, stains or inscriptions, no remainder marks, no price-clipping, no bookplate, no ex-library, no book club edition, no flaws of any sort. It is as new.
The dustjacket is in
equally fine shape and is protected in a clear and removable archival
cover.
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