Author: Cooper, Douglas
Title: Picasso: Theatre
Description: New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1987. Hardcover. Cream cloth boards, with BW illustrated dj with red lettering. 368 pp. 68 color & 379 BW illus. Considers the role the theatre played in the life and work of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Especially focuses on productions he worked with in the 1910s and 1920s. A monster book with much information and many illustrations, exploring this artistic niche. Includes facsimiles and texts of previously unpublished letters and documents related to theatrical productions. Contents as follows: Foreword and acknowledgements -- Picasso and the theatre -- The theatre in Picasso's early work : 1899-1912 -- Parade : 1916-17 -- The importance of Parade in Picasso's œuvre -- Le tricome : 1919 -- Pulcinella : 1920 -- Cuadro flamenco : 1921 -- Antigone, Mercure and other productions : 1922-25 -- Painting and theatre : reciprocal influences : 1918-25 -- Later work for the theatre : 1936-62 -- The theatre serves Picasso -- List of theatrical productions in which Picasso has collaborated -- Appendix: Some unpublished letters and documents. Three letters from Picasso ; Some pages from the manuscript of Desire caught by the tail ; Eleven letters from Satie ; Some pages from Cocteau's notebook relating to Parade. As New in shrinkwrap .

Keywords: European Artists ; Picasso, Pablo ; ;


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