Picasso s Mask
Picasso s Mask Following Pablo Picasso's death in 1973, Andr Malraux was summoned by Jacqueline Picasso, the artist's widow, to her home at Mougins in the South of France. In Picasso's Mask,…
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Picasso s Mask
Following Pablo Picasso's death in 1973, Andr Malraux was summoned by Jacqueline Picasso, the artist's widow, to her home at Mougins in the South of France. In Picasso's Mask, Malraux's memories, at once personal and historical, evoke Picasso as a private man and as a legendary artistic genius. There, surrounded by Picasso's powerful last paintings "painted face to face with death," and his art collection destined for the Louvre, Malraux recollected Picasso's rebellious life and the metamorphosis of his art.
Malraux knew Picasso well, and here recollects a number of his conversations with the painter. For over half a century, Andr Malraux (19011976) was intimately involved in French intellectual life, as philosopher, novelist, soldier, statesman, and secretary for cultural affairs. In rich, evocative, and memory-filled prose, he has written an inspiring and moving reminiscence.
Picasso's Mask is one of the most profound works in Malraux's remarkable oeuvre.