A Picasso Anthology: documents, criticism, reminiscences

“… contains a wide range and variety of responses to Picasso and his art, concentrating on discussions of work that was recent at the time of writing. There are essential passages from books by his close friends, including Apolinaire, Cocteau, Roland Penrose, his dealer Kahnweiler and his secretary Sabartes; there is an important body of Cattalan and Spanish criticism, which emphasizes his ties with his native country; reactions from English critics, including Roger Fry, John Middleton Murry, Wyndham Lewis, Herbert Read and John Richardson; a remarkable collection of Russian criticism of his cubist work, written in the years just before the Revolution; and Czech, Danish and Italian articles, as well as mainstream works from France an d Germany. …
The 55 illustrations include reproductions of many of the most important works of art that are discussed in the articles or that were reproduced int he original publications, as well as documentary photographs. …”