Picasso : from the Minotaur to Guernica (1927-1939) / Josep Palau i Fabre ; edited by Julià Guillamon ; [translation, Graham Thomson, Sue Brownbridge].

Author/creator Palau i Fabre, Josep
Other author Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973.
Other author Guillamon, Julià.
Format Book
Publication InfoBarcelona : Polígrafa, ©2011.
Description453 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
Subjects
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973--Catalogs.

Uniform titlePicasso. English
Spine title Picasso, 1927-1939 : from the Minotaur to Guernica
Contents The meeting (January 8, 1927) -- Avatars of 1927 and early 1928 -- The monument to Apollinaire (1927, 1928 and beyond) -- Dinard, Summer 1928 -- Heads and tails of the Biennium 1929-1930 -- The great heads of Marie-Thérèse (1931) -- Plenitude of the artist and plenitude of the model (1932) -- The parable of the sculptor (1933) -- Departure and reunion (1934) -- Gem fire (1935) -- That April of 1936 -- Minotaur in the labyrinth (May-December 1936) -- Marking time (January-April 1937) -- The victory of Guernica (May 1937) -- The weeping woman (Spring-Autumn 1937) -- A string of creations (December 1927-Spring 1938) -- An unfinished ending (Spring 1938-April 1939) -- Appendix -- Catalogue of works.
Abstract Picasso 1926-1939: From Minotaur to Guernica focuses on a key phase of transition in Picasso's art, from his numerous depictions of the Minotaur myth in the late 1920s and early 1930s to his majestic and tragic 1937 masterpiece, "Guernica". The Minotaur, contained in a labyrinth where it was fed Athenian youths, serves in part as a metaphor for destructive bestial drives under containment, but in Picasso's works on the theme, the Minotaur is set free into the world, where it frequently finds itself stumbling and dumbstruck. This expression of destructive drives finally culminates in the terrible aerial bombing recorded in "Guernica". From Minotaur to Guernica is authored by Catalan poet Josep Palau i Fabre (1917-2008), one of the artist's earliest admirers and experts, who has made several close analyses of other phases in Picasso's prolific career.
General noteTranslation of Picasso : del Minotauro al Guernica (1927-1939).
General note"Catalogue of works": p. 428-451.
General noteIssued in slipcase.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 452-453).
ISBN9788434312739 (hardback)
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