Picasso sculpture / Ann Temkin, Anne Umland ; with Virginie Perdrisot, and Luise Mahler and Nancy Lim.

Catalog of an exhibition held at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 14, 2015-February 7, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-317)

Picasso sculpture: an introduction / Ann Temkin and Anne Umland --Picasso sculpture: a documentary chronology, 1902-1973 / Luise Mahler and Virginie Pedrisot with Rebecca Lowery --Chapter 1. Beginnings 1902-1906 --Chapter 2. Wood carving and the first cubist sculptures 1907-1909 --Chapter 3. Reinventing sculpture: the cubist years 1912-1915 --Chapter 4. Around "The Monument to Apollinaire" 1927-1931 --Chapter 5. The Boisgeloup Sculpture Studio 1930-1937 --Chapter 6. The war years 1939-1945 --Chapter 7. Vallauris: ceramics and assemblages 1945-1954 --Chapter 8. Wood assemblages, sheet metal sculptures, and public monuments 1954-1973 --Photographs by Brassai / Compiled by Luise Mahler --Checklist of the exhibition / compiled by Nancy Lim and Luise Mahler --Selected exhibitions, 1910-1967 / compiled by Luise Mahler.

Published in conjunction with the first large-scale retrospective of Picasso's sculpture in the US since The Museum of Modern Art's historic show of 1967, Picasso Sculpture is a sweeping survey of the artist's profoundly innovative and influential work in three dimensions. Over the course of his long career, Picasso devoted himself to sculpture wholeheartedly, if episodically, using both traditional and unconventional materials and techniques. Unlike painting, in which he was formally trained and through which he made his living, sculpture occupied a uniquely personal and experimental status in Picasso's oeuvre. He kept the majority of his sculptures in his private possession during his lifetime, and it was only in the late 1960s that the public became fully aware of this side of his oeuvre. -- Provided by publisher.

Picasso Sculpture presents approximately 150 sculptures--many of them captured in newly commissioned and sometimes multi-view photographs--alongside a selection of works on paper and photographs. Organized into chapters that correspond to distinct periods during which Picasso devoted himself to sculpture, the publication features an introduction by the exhibition curators as well as a richly illustrated documentary chronology focusing on the sculptures included in the exhibition. A comprehensive bibliography and list of historic exhibitions related to Picasso's work in sculpture closes the volume, advancing the understanding of Picasso's practice and lifelong commitment to constant reinvention. -- Provided by publisher.