ISBN: 0300223072 9780300223071

Category: Art / General

Page count: 175

<b>The first comprehensive study of Picasso's mastery of line drawing and its centrality to his artistic process</b><br> <br> <br> <br> This beautiful new study provides an insightful reevaluation of the role of line in the work of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Picasso pursued drawing assiduously throughout his career, ranging across media such as pen and pencil, charcoal, and <i>papier collé</i>. This book brings together eighty extraordinary drawings spanning the most important phases of Picasso's career. Contributors discuss the artist's intensive exploration of line in relation to three-dimensional form, both in the context of the European artistic tradition and in analyses of selected works. Drawing emerges as central to the artist's process--a creative process that reveals another facet of Picasso's genius for making art out of the simplest of means.<br> <br> <br> <br> The first in-depth exploration of the artist's line drawings, <i>Picasso The Line</i> conveys how essential these powerful works are within the artist's oeuvre. As Picasso himself stated: "line drawings are the only ones that cannot be imitated." <br> <br> <br> <br> Distributed for The Menil Collection <br> <br> <p><br> <br> Exhibition Schedule:</p> <p><b>The Menil Collection</b><br> (09/16/16-01/08/17)</p>