Picasso by Carsten-Peter Warncke, Deluxe Edition, Easton Press

Picasso by Carsten-Peter Warncke

Easton Press Deluxe Leather Bound Edition

MINT Condition – Still in the Publisher’s Shrinkwrap

This is a beautiful oversized leather bound edition of “Picasso” published by the Easton Press in conjunction with the Taschen in 2008. From the publisher, "I wanted to be a painter and I became Picasso" declared Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) in an apt survey of a triumphant career. He had good grounds for the confidence palpable in his statement, for in the history of 20th century art, his name stands out over all the others. In Picasso's paintings, drawings, lithographs, ceramics, and sculptures, he was tirelessly inventive and innovative, exhibiting an aesthetic bravado that kept him one step ahead of his contemporaries. From subject matter to new forms and techniques to new media, Picasso got there first. The Spanish artist's enormous output, from the eight-year-old's beginnings to the late work of a man of ninety-one, is surely one of the most diverse and creatively energetic in the whole history of art, and it is no exaggeration to see him as the genius of the century. Carsten-Peter Warncke's study is a thorough review of Picasso's entire oeuvre, from the early Blue and Rose Periods, through the analytic and synthetic cubism and classicist phase all the way up to the art of the old savage Picasso.”

The book measures approximately 12” x 9.5” with 240 pages including a complete chronology of Picasso’s life and features the usual Easton Press fineries including:

·      hubbed spine, bound in premium full leathers

·      distinctive cover design with a laid in picture of “Girl Before a Mirror” , beautiful illustrations

·      handsome, readable typefaces, permanent satin ribbon page marker

·      elegant gilded page edges, endsheets of rich silk moire fabric

·      thread-sewn pages for durability and strength, long-lasting high quality, acid-neutral paper

The book is in MINT condition and is still in the publisher’s shrinkwrap.