Our 1955 monograph Picasso, published by Harry N. Abrams in New York, stands as one of the earliest comprehensive English-language studies of the artist’s work. Authored by Wilhelm Boeck and Jaime Sabartés, the volume presents an expansive survey of Picasso’s evolving practice, richly illustrated to capture the breadth of his innovation across painting, drawing, and sculpture. Produced in a substantial quarto format, the book reflects mid-century art publishing at its most ambitious—where scholarship and visual reproduction were brought together in a carefully considered object.
Size: large-format quarto
Materials: hardcover with printed dust jacket (if present), paper pages with color and black-and-white plates
Provenance: 1955
Published in: New York by Harry N. Abrams
Notes: authored by Wilhelm Boeck and Jaime Sabartés; 524 pages with extensive illustrations; early comprehensive English-language monograph on Picasso.
Our 1955 monograph Picasso, published by Harry N. Abrams in New York, stands as one of the earliest comprehensive English-language studies of the artist’s work. Authored by Wilhelm Boeck and Jaime Sabartés, the volume presents an expansive survey of Picasso’s evolving practice, richly illustrated to capture the breadth of his innovation across painting, drawing, and sculpture. Produced in a substantial quarto format, the book reflects mid-century art publishing at its most ambitious—where scholarship and visual reproduction were brought together in a carefully considered object.
Size: large-format quarto
Materials: hardcover with printed dust jacket (if present), paper pages with color and black-and-white plates
Provenance: 1955
Published in: New York by Harry N. Abrams
Notes: authored by Wilhelm Boeck and Jaime Sabartés; 524 pages with extensive illustrations; early comprehensive English-language monograph on Picasso.