Matisse Picasso - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0870700081 ISBN 13: 9780870700088

Publisher: Museum of Modern Art, 1997

Synopsis

Matisse and Picasso have long been seen as the twin giants of modern art. In spite of their rivalry, each came to acknowledge the other as his only true equal. In later life Matisse commented that 'Picasso sees everything', and Picasso stated that 'All things considered, there is only Matisse.' This book explores their artistic relationship, revealing it to be much closer and more complex than has previously been understood.
An introduction by John Golding explains how the work of each artist both inspired and provoked the other. Thirty-four groups of works exploring the artistic encounters of Matisse and Picasso throughout the course of their careers are analysed in illuminating texts by the six curators. There is also an extensive chronology, the fruit of new archival research.
The exhibition is a collaboration between Tate Modern in London, the Reunion des Musees Nationaux/Musee Picasso with the Musee National d'Art Moderne in Paris, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York.

About this title

Review:

"A kaleidoscope of information and ... beautiful shards of analysis." -- Artforum

"Of lasting value, perhaps half a century hence still being taken off our shelves with reverence" -- Brian Sewell, London Evening Standard

Synopsis:

Published in conjunction with the exhibition beginning at the Museum of Modern Art in February 2003, this volume presents 34 groups of works in which six curators explore the artistic interactions between Matisse and Picasso who, throughout their careers considered each other their only true equals

About this edition

• Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0870700081
• ISBN 13: 9780870700088
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Elderfield John