MAKING MODERNISM

Artists don't achieve financial success and critical acclaim during their lifetimes as a result of chance or luck. Michael FitzGeral d's assiduously researched book documents Picasso's courting of dealers, critics, collectors, and curators as he established his rep utation during the first forty years of the twentieth century. FitzGerald describes the care, patience, and resourcefulness invested by Paul Rosenberg, Picasso's dealer and close collaborator from 1918 to 1940, in building the financial value and public acceptance of Pica...[Llegir més]