{"product_id":"picasso-ttette-isbn-9781951449940","title":"Picasso: Tête-à-Tête","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis book was published on the occasion of the exhibition \u003ci\u003ePicasso: Tête-à-Tête \u003c\/i\u003eat Gagosian, 980 Madison Avenue, New York, presented in collaboration with the artist’s daughter Paloma Picasso.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawn largely from Picasso’s estate, the book features over sixty   rarely seen paintings, sculptures, and drawings from the full span of his   career, from 1896 to 1972. Inspired by the achronological approach that   Picasso took when installing his first retrospective in 1932, works from   across decades are placed in conversation, encouraging viewers to discover   new personal connections and continuities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFully   illustrated with color plates, including extensive installation photography,   the catalogue reproduces all the works in the exhibition alongside details   and archival images of the artist and his studios. It includes an   introduction by Larry Gagosian; a conversation between Paloma Picasso and   artist Peter Doig addressing the inspiration behind the exhibition and   recounting her father’s creative life; “Hanging with Picasso,” an essay by   Michael Cary reflecting on the diversity of the artist’s practice; and a   translation of a 1932 conversation between Picasso and E. Tériade. The cloth   hardcover is housed in a slipcase featuring the painting \u003ci\u003eFillette jouant   avec une voiture (Paloma fond rouge) \u003c\/i\u003e(1951) and the sculpture \u003ci\u003ePetite   fille sautant à la corde\u003c\/i\u003e (1950)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\"In fact, when the painter mounted his own retrospective in Paris in 1932, he hung the works not according to chronology but jumbled together. He wanted to give visitors “glimpses into the personal connections he saw in his own creations,” writes the gallerist Larry Gagosian in the introduction to “Picasso: Tête-À-Tète” (Rizzoli, 212 pages, $100). The volume, produced in collaboration with the artist’s daughter Paloma, takes inspiration from the 1932 show, pairing objects in a manner that leaps between decades, styles and media to capture the artist’s flitting energies. For example, the toothy and geometric 1931 painting “Le Baiser” (“The Kiss”) faces “Le Baiser II” from 1969, a more sensuous iteration of the theme, rendered in swirling grays and off-whites. As Ms. Picasso puts it: “There’s a lot of chatter going on between these works—like we’re eavesdropping at a party.'\" — \u003cb\u003eTHE WALL STREET JOURNAL.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaloma Picasso\u003c\/b\u003e, the youngest of Pablo Picasso’s four children, is the administrator of the Picasso Estate and oversees reproduction and resale rights, trademarks, and other intellectual property issues related to her father’s work. The Picasso Estate is jointly owned by Claude and Paloma Picasso and the grandchildren of the painter. \u003cb\u003ePeter Doig\u003c\/b\u003e is a painter of Scottish nationality who has lived and worked in Trinidad, Canada, the USA, Germany, and Britain. Best known for his uncanny landscapes, Doig’s work takes in a range of subjects inspired by personal experience, from snowscapes and ski scenes reminiscent of his childhood in Canada, to beach and jungle scenes from the Caribbean. In 2024, he curated \u003ci\u003eThe Street\u003c\/i\u003e at Gagosian in New York. \u003cb\u003eMichael Cary \u003c\/b\u003eorganizes exhibitions for Gagosian, including nine Picasso exhibitions in collaboration with John Richardson and members of the Picasso family. He joined Gagosian in 2008 after six years working with Kynaston McShine, then chief curator at large at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.","brand":"Gagosian \/ Rizzoli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233475604709,"sku":"NP9781951449940","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781951449940.jpg?v=1767734762","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/picasso-ttette-isbn-9781951449940","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}