Intimate, revealing memoir of Picasso as man and artist by influential literary figure. Highly readable amalgam of biographical fact, artistic and aesthetic comments: Picasso as founder of Cubism, associate of Apollinaire, Braque, Derain, other notables; titanic, creative spirit. One of Stein's most accessible works. 61 black-and-white illustrations. Index.
Tender Buttons by Gertrude Stein This 1915 work exhibits the distinct prose style and thought-provoking experimental techniques for which its author is famous. One of Stein's most accessible and influential works.
Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein: With Two Shorter Stories by Gertrude Stein Three early experimental pieces involving such stylistic devices as repeated variations on a limited set of sentences and phrases, and "word portraits." Also includes "A Long Gay Book" and "Many, Many Women."
Picasso Paintings Cards: 24 Ready-to-Mail Cards by Pablo Picasso Excellent reproductions of 24 great paintings: The Gourmet, Self-Portrait (1907), Mother and Child, Seated Harlequin, Weeping Woman, Woman of Algiers, Bust of a Woman with Hat, many more. Captions.
Picasso Line Drawings and Prints by Pablo Picasso Forty-four drawings from many periods and styles show master 20th-century draughtsman's incredible line: 1905 circus family, portraits of Diaghilev and Balzac, cubist studies, neo-classical nudes, and mythological scenes. Media include lithograph, drypoint, etching, and pen-and-ink.
Six Picasso Postcards by Pablo Picasso Excellent reproductions of paintings by renowned 20th-century artist, including nudes, a self-portrait, the artist and his model, more. For Picasso admirers and lovers of modern art.
Blood on the Dining-Room Floor: A Murder Mystery by Gertrude Stein, John Herbert Gill A series of local crimes inspired this attempt by the author to relieve her writer's block. A droll detective novel, its central mystery involves rediscovering the path to creativity.
Color Your Own Spanish Masters Paintings by Marty Noble Adults and children alike will enjoy adding their own choice of colors to timeless works by Spain's greatest artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. Features finely drawn reproductions of works by El Greco, Goya, Picasso, Dalí, and 12 others.
