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1917 : Picasso in Barcelona / Malén Gual with contributions by Reyes Jiménez and a chronology by Ricard Bru.

by Gual, Malén.

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[Spain] : Ajuntament de Barcelona, [2017]

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973.

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 -- Exhibitions.

9788836637331 (hardback)

190 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

1917. Picasso in Barcelon / Malén Gual -- Barcelona interlude -- Ballets Russes -- Picasso as a tourist -- 'Je avais pas mal trabaille' -- List of reproduced works and documents -- Technical characteristics of the 1917 paintings in the Museu Picasso / Reyes Jiménez -- Chronology / Ricard Bru -- Selected newspaper articles.

This book aims to show how Picasso returned to a Barcelona in 1917 after many years in Paris, where he encountered a rich cultural scene, a city unlike the one he had left. It also intends to examine the nature of his relationships with the local artists, the tourist outings he went on, the things he did in his spare time, and his artistic output during this period, which was particularly prolific. In this interlude in Barcelona, far from the oppressive climate in Paris, a city then at war, and from his Cubist circles, Picasso was able to work freely, searching for new forms of expression. This was a moment of stylistic transition in Picasso's oeuvre that would continue in the years immediately afterwards, when classical sources alternated totally freely with the achievements of Cubism.

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