Published 2006 by Flammarion/National Gallery of Victoria (English language edition)

Picasso: Love and War 1935-1945 Life with Dora Maar

ISBN: 2-0803-0564-6

Large format hardback with dust jacket; 319pp

Written by the Director of the Musee Picasso in Paris and published to accompany the travelling exhibition of the same name. Dora Maar, born Henriette Theodora Markovitch in 1907, was a talented artist in her own right. While studying painting, she soon found a passion and gift for photography, and became a prominent member of the Surrealist movement. This book traces her relationship with Picasso, from the time of their first meeting in late 1935 through 1937. Picasso expert Anne Baldassari demonstrates how those years were critical for both artists, and how their interaction provided mutual inspiration through the mid-1940s. The relationship is set within the context of major historical events, from the Spanish Civil War and the Popular Front, to the rise of fascism and World War II. This chronological account brings a legend to life, allowing the reader unique access to two artistic minds. Maar's photographs, alongside Picasso's drawings, paintings, and poems, serve as a guide through the critical period in which these two figures influenced one another. Preserved in her studio archives, Maar's negatives and contact prints allow us to analyse in detail the intimacy of the life she shared with Picasso in all of its states, as well as the evolution of his art, including the colossal Guernica. This exquisite volume is lavishly illustrated.

Second-hand book in Ex, near new condition. Barely visible scuffing/indentations to dust jacket. Pristine internally

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