Pablo Picasso and Marie-Therese. L'Amour Fou

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John Richardson, Diana Widmaier Picasso and Elizabeth Cowling.

Rizzoli & Gagosian Gallery. New York. 2011. First edition. White cloth-bound hardback, dust jacket. 300 pages. Profusely illustrated throughout in colour and b&w, with facsimile flip-book inserted into glassine pocket. English. 310 x 240mm. 3kg. 9780847837137. Fine; as new, in shrink-wrap.

A study of Picasso's relationship with Marie-Therese Walter and the radical portraits it inspired. Marie-Therese was a model, muse and lover to Picasso from 1927 to c.1935. Pablo Picasso and Marie-Therese. L'Amour Fou accompanied an exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery, New York and continued the gallery's exploration of Picasso's principal themes, after Picasso. Mosqueteros and Picasso. The Mediterranean Years .