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Picasso and the Allure of Language
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08/20/2009
- 01/03/2010
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Durham
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Pablo Picasso, Dog and Cock, 1921.
Oil on canvas, 61 x 30 1/8 inches.
Yale University, Gift of Stephen Carlton
Clark, B.A. 1903. Copyright 2008
Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights
Society (ARS), New York.
The Nasher Museum of Art presents an exhibition examining Pablo Picasso's lifelong relationship with writers and the many ways in which language affected his work. Picasso and the Allure of Language comprises 60 works by Picasso, as well as select examples by fellow artist Georges Braque, and photographs, letters, manuscripts and book projects by a diverse group of artists and writers. These works illuminate Picasso`s multi-dimensional interest in writing and language, and challenge the notion of what have been considered "highlights" of his lifetime of work. The exhibition is drawn primarily from the Yale University Art Gallery and the renowned Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection in Dallas, Texas, from which two sculptures are on loan. The works span the years from 1900, when Picasso was 19 years old, to 1969, just four years before his death at the age of 91.
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