Goodbye Picasso

by David Douglas Duncan

A collection of photographs of Pablo Picasso's life and art, taken by his friend, award-winning photojournalist David Douglas Duncan.

Genres: Art, Biography, Photography

299 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

David Douglas Duncan (January 23, 1916 – June 7, 2018) was an American photojournalist.

He is best known for his dramatic combat photographs of the Second World War, the Korean & Vietnam wars, as well as for his extensive domestic photography of Pablo Picasso.

Duncan turned 100 in January 2016 and died in June 2018 in Grasse, France, aged 102.
In 2021, Duncan was posthumously inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum.

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Letto in un giorno

[Mai M Ibrahim · Rating 4 out of 5]

كتاب جيد بس ف صور مكررة عن الكتب الل قرأتها قبل كده لنفس المصور

صور لبيكاسو وعائلته بالأبيض والأسود وبعض أعماله

هصور الكتاب كالعادة وهنزله ع قناة "عن الفن" ع اليوتيوب لو حد مهتم ياريت الدعم بالأشتراك فيها 👇
3nelf@

وبصور الكتب عامة اللي بستعيرها من المكتبة مبتدأها ع انستجرام 👇
mai.designer92

[M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Written by a close friend and photojournalist neighbor. Great photographs of his life, family, homes, and work.

[Barbara · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 A fantastic candid photographic glimpse into Picasso's later years by his friend David Douglas Duncan.

[Jennifer Defoy · Rating 4 out of 5]

As I was walking through the library the spine of this book caught my eye. So I picked it up and here I am the next day writing my review.

My only disappointment with this book is that it is missing many pages. Obviously those who have read it before me didn't seem to care that they were ripping out pages that someone else may like to look at. Most of the pages that are missing are from the section of the book entitled Picasso's Picassos. So most of what I missed wasn't the story but rather the paintings that were pictured.

The author of this book doesn't seem to have sat and "wrote" the book. Most of the text is letter that he had written to others about his time spent with Picasso and his family. The sections that are letters are mostly explanations of pictures and little blurbs about Picasso's family. I found it to be quite revealing without giving us everything. Picasso seemed to be a very quiet man and while his homes were of a grand scale the pauper lifestyle that he lived seems to give him a sense of being "normal". The pictures in this book of Picasso are great and I think that the photographer/author did a great job of showing a regular man who loved his family and his work.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

great photos, favorites show chairs painted by pablo

[Barbara]

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