A Life of Picasso : Volume I : 1881-1906
by Richardson, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0224030248
- ISBN 13
- 9780224030243
- Seller
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Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
First volume of the definitive biography of the most influential modern artist. 548 pages, illustrations. First edition, first printing. Grey cloth pictorial boards, unclipped semi-transparent dust jacket. Slight shelf wear, tanning and cockling to jacket, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
Synopsis
John Richardson is the author of a memoir, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice; an essay collection, Sacred Monsters, Sacred Masters; and books on Manet and Braque. He has written for The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair . He was instrumental in setting up Christie’s in the United States. In 1993 he was made a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. In 1995–96 he served as the Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford University. He divides his time between Connecticut and New York City.
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- Bookseller
- Springhead Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016641
- Title
- A Life of Picasso : Volume I : 1881-1906
- Author
- Richardson, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0224030248
- ISBN 13
- 9780224030243
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1991
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