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Picasso

His Life and Work, Third Edition

Roland Penrose (Author)

Not available in British Commonwealth

Paperback, 550 pages
ISBN: 9780520042070
December 1981
$34.95, £24.95

“An immensely likable book, and one which makes its hero immensely likeable.”—Times Literary Supplement

"Authoritative and a good read."—Daily Mail

"One of the most satisfactory full biographies of recent years."—Time and Tide

"A work of absorbing interest."—Observer

"Densely factual, yet coherent and vital...it abounds in significant anecdotes, in intimate revelations...full and fascinating, intimate and authoritative."—Listener

"A major contribution to the understanding of twentieth-century art...illuminating to a rare degree."—Manchester Guardian


“Intimate, yet objective; comprehensive, yet enthralling; this biography of the greatest artists of our century will rank with Vasari in the annals of European painting.”—Sir Herbert Read

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