SORCERER'S APPRENTICE. PICASSO, PROVENCE, AND DOUGLAS COOPER

The Sorcerer's Apprentice is John Richardson's vivid memoir of the time he spent living with and learning from the deeply knowledgea ble and temperamental art collector, Douglas Cooper. For ten years the two entertained a circle of friends that included Jean Coctea u, W. H. Auden, Tennessee Williams, and, most intriguingly, Pablo Picasso. Compulsively readable and beautifully illustrated, this b ook is both a triple portrait of the author, Cooper, and Picasso, and a revealing look at a crucial artistic period.