Picasso: Drawing to Infinity

Picasso's drawings and engravings are explored in this collection, featuring over three hundred reproductions and fifty essays. It includes book illustrations, plans for sculptures, color and figure studies, collage, and journal entries, allowing readers to appreciate the enormous inventiveness and diversity of his work.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 29 August 2024
Publisher: Prestel

Picasso's artistic journey was a lifelong exploration of the power of the line, encompassing over three hundred reproductions from his vast oeuvre. This collection showcases both well-received and rarely seen works, as well as images from his extraordinary notebooks. It features fifty penetrating essays that delve into the themes, symbols, and techniques that resonated throughout Picasso's career, ranging from monsters and crucifixions to self-portraits and crayon, cross-hatching, and ink. Additionally, it includes book illustrations and plans for sculptures, color and figure studies, collage, and journal entries. The stunning full-color reproductions allow readers to appreciate the immense inventiveness and diversity of Picasso's work, from serpentine lines to hatched drawing, from the delicate nuances of pastel to the deep blacks of ink. This volume is a must-have for students and fans of one of the greatest artists of the modern era, accompanying the largest-ever exhibition of Picasso's drawings and engravings.

Weight: 1350g
Dimension: 296 x 215 x 37 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783791377254