{"product_id":"picasso-on-art-paperback","title":"Picasso on Art - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDore Ashton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn anthology of Pablo Picasso's statements about art\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Every page explodes with curt, outrageous aphorisms that confounded one's comfortable \u003ci\u003eidees recues\u003c\/i\u003e. Lipchitz maintains that Picasso refused to talk seriously about art--'Don't talk to the driver' was his favorite phrase when conversation got heavy; but nothing could be more penetrating than his jokes, more devastating that his pronunciamentos.\"\u003cb\u003e--Rackstraw Downes, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Picasso is amazingly lucid and literate in what he says about himself and his colleagues, more so, in fact, than his explicators.\"\u003cb\u003e--Douglas Davis, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is very good news that Dore Ashton's excellent anthology of Picasso's statements on art is once again in print. Together, the texts she has very judiciously selected and effectively translated give us a vivid picture both of the artist and of his wonderfully original, provocative thinking about art. Every student of 20-century art should read this book, and I for one intend to make sure that all of my students read it.\"\u003cb\u003e--Theodore Reff, \u003c\/b\u003eProfessor of Art History, Columbia University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDore Ashton\u003c\/b\u003e's books include \u003ci\u003eA Joseph Cornell Album, Picasso on Art, A Critical Study of Philip Guston, A Fable of Modern Art, The New York School, Noguchi East and West\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Reading of Modern Art\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 8.07 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 10, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43157077721151,"sku":"9780306803307","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/RDduUDUraWNUM1paODJ5dGpvdG5Hdz09.webp?v=1776977879","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/picasso-on-art-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}