Picasso & Les Femmes D`Alger

Picasso’s study of the old masters forms an impressive focus of his late work. At the beginning of this new interest stood the works series "Les Femmes d’Alger", which was on view in Paris, Munich, Cologne and Hamburg in 1955 and which today is scattered across several continents. The volume presents the series within the context of its reference works by Delacroix and Matisse.

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Pablo Picasso was 73 years of age during the winter when he created the unique ensemble of fifteen oil paintings, over 100 drawings and lithographs during his study of Eugène Delacroix’ "The Women of Algier in their Apartment" (1834, 1849) and works by Henri Matisse like "Odalisque with Red Trousers" (1924/25) within the space of just three months. This lavishly illustrated volume will not only present the cycle together with the reference works and their reception, but also an extract from Leo Steinberg's famous essay "The Algerian Women and Picasso At Large" from 1972. In addition the book also examines the reception of the series in Algeria.

press commentaries

Endlich sind im Sinne der Auseinandersetzung mit dieser Welt des Harems und mit einem nicht mehr einfach hingenommenen Frauenbild Arbeiten zeitgenössischer, aus Algerien stammender Künstlerinnen und Künstler präsentiert, in denen postkoloniale und feministische Positionen starken Ausdruck finden. // Finally, in the spirit of confronting this world of the harem and an image of women that is no longer simply accepted, works by contemporary artists from Algeria are presented in which postcolonial and feminist positions find strong expression.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Ein spektakulärer Band über den späten Bildzyklus des Maler-Genies. // A spectacular volume on the late pictorial cycle of the painter genius.

Art

Dieser Katalog ist ideal für Picasso-Fans und diejenigen, die sich mit der Produktion und Rezeption des Orientalismus in der Moderne beschäftigen. // This catalogue is ideal for Picasso fans and those researching the production and reception of Orientalism in the modern era.

Alexander Adams

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Ed. Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

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Contributions by A. Beresford, B. Saou-Dufrêne, M. Hilaire, G. Montua, A. Wegenschimmel Reprints by A. Djebar, L. Steinberg

Text: English / German / French
192 pages, 130 colour illustrations
26 × 26 cm, hardcover

ISBN: 978-3-7774-3584-8

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