A LIFE OF PICASSO VOLUME I: 1881-1906
Illustrated by Pablo Picasso; et al.
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st. 1991
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. The first volume only of a four-volume biography. Exploring Picasso's Spanish roots: his intensely Andalusian nature, his adolescence in Corunna and Madrid, his discovery of himself in the solitude of the mountains, and his passion for Barcelona, where he became the hero of Catalan 'modernisme'. Pale lilac boards with black title to spine and portrait to front board. B/w photos and illustrations.
Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Lower edge of text block grubby. Contents clean. Clear glassine dustwrapper with title & author to front panel is browned to spine and has a few tiny closed edge-tears.
ISBN: 0224030248
Stock no. 1818949
