Sir John Richardson, who has died aged 95, wrote a monumental multi-volume biography of Pablo Picasso.
It was a task that Richardson was well qualified to undertake. He had a lifetime’s knowledge of Picasso’s work, first-hand experience of collecting, many years of friendship with the artist and the support of Picasso’s family and friends, as well as a collaborator in Marilyn McCully. The result was an expert blend of the artist’s work and life, an account that was lucid and comprehensive, and at the same time discriminating and detached.
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