Picasso looks at Degas / Elizabeth Cowling and Richard Kendall ; with additional contributions by Cécile Godefroy, Sarah Lees, and Montse Torras.

Author/creator Cowling, Elizabeth
Other author Kendall, Richard.
Other author Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.
Other author Museo Picasso.
Format Book
Publication InfoWilliamstown, Mass. : Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute ; Barcelona [Spain] : Museu Picasso ; New Haven [Conn.] : Distributed by Yale University Press, ©2010.
Descriptionxiii, 354 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
Subjects
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973--Exhibitions.
Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917--Influence. --Exhibitions.
Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917--Exhibitions.
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973.
Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917.

Contents Academies and "mad revolutionaries" / Richard Kendall -- Neighbors in Montmartre / Richard Kendall -- The ballet : "work, pleasure and vice" / Richard Kendall -- The rebirth of Venus : women at their toilette / Elizabeth Cowling -- "The best things he ever did" : Picasso and Degas's maisons closes / Elizabeth Cowling -- "To play with light and shadow" : Degas and Picasso as photographers / Sarah Lees -- Olga Khokhlova, ballerina, and Pablo Picasso / Cécile Godefroy -- Reactions to the work of Degas in Picasso's circle (1881-1900) / Montse Torras.
General note"This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition Picasso Looks at Degas, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 13 June-12 September 2010, Museu Picasso, Barcelona, 14 October 2010-16 January 2011."--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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