Picasso, from the Minotaur to Guernica (1927-1939)

Josep Palau i Fabre, Josep Palau i Fabre

Josep Palau i Fabre, Julià Guillamon

Polígrafa. Barcelona

2011

1 vol. (453 p.) ; ill. en noir et en coul.

32 cm

anglais

978-84-343-1273-9, 8434312735

Picasso 1926-1939: From Minotaur to Guernica focuses on a key phase of transition in Picasso's art, from his numerous depictions of the Minotaur myth in the late 1920s and early 1930s to his majestic and tragic 1937 masterpiece, "Guernica". The Minotaur, contained in a labyrinth where it was fed Athenian youths, serves in part as a metaphor for destructive bestial drives under containment, but in Picasso's works on the theme, the Minotaur is set free into the world, where it frequently finds itself stumbling and dumbstruck. This expression of destructive drives finally culminates in the terrible aerial bombing recorded in "Guernica". From Minotaur to Guernica is authored by Catalan poet Josep Palau i Fabre (1917-2008), one of the artist's earliest admirers and experts, who has made several close analyses of other phases in Picasso's prolific career

The meeting (January 8, 1927) --. Avatars of 1927 and early 1928 --. The monument to Apollinaire (1927, 1928 and beyond) --. Dinard, Summer 1928 --. Heads and tails of the Biennium 1929-1930 --. The great heads of Marie-Thérèse (1931) --. Plenitude of the artist and plenitude of the model (1932) --. The parable of the sculptor (1933) --. Departure and reunion (1934) --. Gem fire (1935) --. That April of 1936 --. Minotaur in the labyrinth (May-December 1936) --. Marking time (January-April 1937) --. The victory of Guernica (May 1937) --. The weeping woman (Spring-Autumn 1937) --. A string of creations (December 1927-Spring 1938) --. An unfinished ending (Spring 1938-April 1939) --AppendixCatalogue of works.

Ressources documentaires

Musée national Picasso-Paris