Picasso and Paper

A sumptuous study of Picasso's works on and with paper: from preparatory sketches to ripped-up tablecloth sculptures, papier-collé, etchings and more

The artistic output of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) is astonishing in its ambition and variety, not least for his imaginative and original use of paper. He used it as a support for autonomous works, including etchings, prints and drawings, as well as for his papier-collé experiments of the 1910s and his revolutionary three-dimensional "constructions," made of cardboard, paper and string. And, of course, his works on paper comprise the preparatory stages of some of his greatest paintings.
With reproductions of nearly 400 works of art and a series of insightful new texts by leading authorities on the artist, Picasso and Paper reveals the myriad ways in which the artist explored the potential of paper at different stages of his career. Picasso and Paper is published for an exhibition organized by the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and the Cleveland Museum of Art in partnership with the Musée national Picasso-Paris.