Paris Portraits: Artists, Friends, and Lovers

Unmarked text. Dust jacket has some edge wear and two closed tears. Beautifully illustrated. Exhibition catalogue, with catalogue entries by Abigail D. Newman. 144p.

Painters include Picasso, Robert Delaunay, Jacques Villon, Max Ernest, Diego Rivera, Duchamp, Matisse, Romaine Brooks, Juan Gris and others.

From Publisher:

The art of portraiture reached a pinnacle of expressive achievement in early twentieth-century Paris. Liberated by the advent of photography, artists were able to re-imagine the nature of human portrayal, producing kinds of portraits--Fauve, Cubist, Dada, Surrealist, and Expressionist--unlike any seen before.

This remarkable book focuses on a rich variety of these portraits, presenting paintings, sculpture, and works on paper by such artists as Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, Duchamp, Brancusi, Lipchitz, Gris, Rivera, Modigliani, Dubuffet, Laurencin, and Soutine. A major essay explores the fascinating network of personal and aesthetic relationships that existed at the time, as artists depicted themselves and their friends, collectors, critics, spouses, and romantic partners. There is also a formal and iconographic discussion of each featured work, as well as relevant biographical, cultural, and historical information.

Product Info

ISBN: 0300145438

ISBN-13: 9780300145434

Publisher: Yale University Press

Year: 2008

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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