Picasso's bull(s): art history in reverse. (Pablo Picasso)

From: Art in America | Date: March 1, 1993| Author: Lavin, Irving | Copyright information

Picasso's 1940s bull series uses traditional techniques to base drawings on historical and known facts. Even though some of his work is extremely provincial and seemingly crude, it is backed by academic theory and is not naive.

In a burst of creative activity after World War II, Picasso produced four series of lithographs - most notably the well-known group of prints in which he deconstructed the image of a bull. Picasso's metamorphic process is here seen as an instance of modern...

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