The Sketchbooks of Picasso

by Arnold Glimcher (Editor), Marc Glimcher (Editor), Mark Pollard

The Sketchbooks of Picasso is the only collection available of the private sketchbooks of Pablo Picasso, which he began in Barcelona in 1894. For more than seventy years, as the young painter blossomed and matured into the greatest artist of the twentieth century, he kept a record of his ideas and thoughts, so that by 1964 there were 175 sketchbooks, a unique and startling picture of the mind of a genius at work. Accompanying the major sections are essays by six of the greatest American art historians: E.A. Carmean, Sam Hunter, Rosalind Krauss, Theodore Reff, Robert Rosenblum, and Gert Schiff. A foreword by Claude Picasso, the artist's son, and a reminiscence by Francoise Gilot, Claude's mother, provide a more personal understanding of the part the sketchbooks played in Picasso's life.

Genres: Art

360 pages, Paperback

First published June 18, 1988

Reviews

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This sketchbook filled with Picasso's genius will remain a favorite just because of the circumstances of ownership. My son and three friends drove 14 hours non-stop from Seattle, WA, to East Glacier, MT, to surprise me with happy birthday wishes and the gift of this book. A marvelous & memorable evening spent with family and friends - a brisket, biscuits & beans barbecue beside the world's largest purple spoon ... and a purple huckleberry pie for dessert - what could be better?! Thanks, John.

[Matt Shearing · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inspiring to turn to. Must for every visual artiist.

[Brian Kovesci · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve been lugging this book around for years but finally had the stamina to open it, and I’m glad I did. A few nights ago I just needed something pretty to look at, and I love sketches by fine artists more than anything, so the sketchbooks of Picasso were guaranteed to deliver.

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the catalogue from an exhibition about 20 years ago. It remains my favorite coffee-table-type book on Picasso. Fantastic richness; I find something new every time I open it.