Wacousta
A Tale of the Canadas
Written by John Richardson
Afterword by James Reaney

Format: Trade Paperback, 600 pages
Publisher: New Canadian Library
On Sale: August 5, 2008
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 978-0-7710-9406-4 (0-7710-9406-X)

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A Life of Picasso
The Triumphant Years, 1917-1932
Written by John Richardson

Format: Hardcover, 608 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: November 13, 2007
Price: $40.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-26665-1 (0-307-26665-6)

The long-awaited third volume of John Richardson’s definitive biography of Pablo Picasso combines the critical astuteness, exhaustive research, and stunning narrative that made the first two volumes an art-historical breakthrough as well as a pleasure to read.

The Triumphant Years takes up the artist’s life in 1917, when Picasso and Cocteau left... Read more >

A Life of Picasso
The Prodigy, 1881-1906
Written by John Richardson

Format: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $30.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-71149-7 (0-375-71149-X)

As he magnificently combines meticulous scholarship with irresistible narrative appeal, Richardson draws on his close friendship with Picasso, his own diaries, the collaboration of Picasso's widow Jacqueline, and unprecedented access to Picasso's studio and papers to arrive at a profound understanding of the artist and his work.

“A powerhouse of a book... Read more >

A Life of Picasso
The Cubist Rebel, 1907-1916
Written by John Richardson

Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $32.50
ISBN: 978-0-375-71150-3 (0-375-71150-3)

In The Cubist Rebel, 1907–1916, the second volume of his Life of Picasso, John Richardson reveals the young Picasso in the Baudelairean role of “the painter of modern life”—a role that stipulated the brothel as the noblest subject for a modern artist. Hence his great breakthrough painting, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, with... Read more >