A major new survey that offers fresh insights on Pablo Picasso's artworks, written by a leading authority on the master
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'If you have been living under a rock in 2023, you will not have noticed that this year was the 50th anniversary of the death of Picasso. The rest of us couldn’t avoid it. Countless exhibitions, events and books commemorated the occasion, but this was the most useful. Focusing on the art rather than the biography of the man, it’s a generous and sensitive text with brilliant illustrations'
Waldemar Januszczak, Art Books of the Year, The Sunday Times
'Pepe Karmel’s Looking at Picasso takes our attention away from the story of his life in order to concentrate, thoughtfully, engagingly and profoundly, upon the nature of his ceaselessly innovative work. As Karmel explains in his preface, Picasso was first and foremost the greatest artist of the twentieth century, and his roles as husband and lover perhaps deserve a little less attention than they are too often granted'
The Tablet, Art Books of the Year
'Karmel’s book is a highly sophisticated, comprehensive and tightly edited life with excellent plates. It covers Picasso in a way that is both far-reaching in exploration of the vast literature, and fair-minded, a combination which is not easy to achieve'
Morning Star
Format: Hardback
Size: 28.6 x 22.0 cm
Extent: 200 pp
Illustrations: 124
Publication date: 29 September 2023
ISBN: 9780500026045