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Richardson, John, 1924-2019.
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Richardson, John, 1924-2019.
Cooper, Douglas, 1911-1984.
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973.
Art historians -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Gay men -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Art, French -- France -- Provence -- 20th century.
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Richardson, John, 1924-2019.
Richardson, John, 1924-2019.
Cooper, Douglas, 1911-1984.
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973.
Art historians -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Gay men -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Art, French -- France -- Provence -- 20th century.
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The sorcerer's apprentice : a memoir of Picasso, Provence, and Douglas Cooper /
John
Richardson
; [new] introduction by Jed Perl.
by
Richardson
,
John
,
1924-2019
.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Call #:
709.2 R523s
Subjects
Richardson
,
John
,
1924-2019
.
Cooper, Douglas, 1911-1984.
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973.
Art historians -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Gay men -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Art, French -- France -- Provence -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9780525658733 (hc)
Description:
xi, 320 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published by Knopf in 1999.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-306) and index.
Summary:
"
John
Richardson
's riveting memoir about growing up in England and, at twenty-five, beginning his twelve-year adventure with the controversial art collector Douglas Cooper. With a new introduction by Jed Perl, here is
John
Richardson
's richly entertaining memoir of his life with the brilliant but difficult British art expert Douglas Cooper -- a fiendish, colorful, Evelyn Waugh-like figure who single-handedly assembled the world's most important private collection of Cubist paintings.
John
Richardson
tells the story of their ill-fated but comical association, which began in London in 1949 when
Richardson
was twenty-five and moved onto the Château de Castille, the famous colonnaded folly in Provence that they restored and filled with masterpieces by Picasso, Braque, Léger, and Juan Gris.
Richardson
unfurls a fascinating adventure through twelve years, encompassing famous artists and writers, collectors and other celebrities -- Francis Bacon, Jean Cocteau, Luis Miguel Dominguín, Dora Maar, Peggy Guggenheim, and Henri Matisse, to name only a few. And central to the book is
Richardson
's close friendship with Picasso, which coincided with the emergence of the artist's new mistress, Jacqueline Roque, and gave
Richardson
an inside view of the repercussions she would have on Picasso's life and work. With an eye for detail, an ear for scandal, and a sparkling narrative style,
Richardson
has written a unique, fast-paced saga of modernism behind the scenes."--Publisher.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Memoirs.
2SLGBTQIA+
Other authors:
Perl, Jed.
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