Picasso: Erotic Sketchbook

by Norbert Wolf

Thirty-five of Picasso's erotic drawings are exhibited in this collection that offers viewers the unique experience of watching over the artist’s shoulder as he works. Picasso’s brilliant draftsmanship is evident on every page, while his versatility is reflected in these pieces, which are in turn provocative and humorous, angry and tender. Designed to resemble an artist’s sketchbook, this superb addition to the Erotic Sketchbook series features stunning reproductions, an embossed cover and a delicate ribbon tie, making it the perfect gift or keepsake for lovers of art and lovers everywhere.

Genres: Art

64 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2001

About the author

Norbert Wolf is an art historian and author based in Munich. He has published several books with Prestel, including "Art Nouveau", "Art Deco", "Impressionism", "Spanish Painting", and "The Golden Age of Dutch and Flemish Painting", as well as monographs on Albrecht Dürer and Titian.

Reviews

[Maria Fernanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great curation. Still I don't like Picasso, even though i got to see many styles and facets in this book.

[Shel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book contains some beautiful, less-seen aspects of Picasso's work. In recent travels I have noticed that when it comes to the greatest of artists, the oeuvre we get to see and learn about in the U.S. is pretty lacking in depth and breadth.

It doesn't take an art historian to know that his women were important to him - his muses, his objets de desir, his playthings (and yes, he was notoriously cruel to them, but I think his cruelty was not restricted to the women he was with)...

Of particular interest are the sketches of Minotaurs ravaging women with their superhuman sexuality. Apparently he viewed himself as one... and viewed some of the women in his life as his Carmen.

Later in the book he obscures himself in each drawing with dark, scribbling lines. Not being a Picasso scholar, I wouldn't know why, but it almost seems like angry self-negation.

[May Ling · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was at the show in Montreal. This book is wonderful and reallky shows the sexy side of Picasso.