Elizabeth Cowling — Picasso Style and Meaning

London, Phaidon Press Limited, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition copy of this profusely illustrated analysis of Picasso's style and meaning by art historian Elizabeth Cowling. The first hardback edition.In the publisher's original black cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Profusely illustrated in colour throughout. By Elizabeth Cowling, an art historian, educator, and writer, This work won the Apollo Book of the Year, 2002, and British Academy Book Prize, 2003.The volume draws on Cowling's exceptional knowledge as an authority on Picasso to argue that he came to equate stylistic consistency with sterility. In the publisher's original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with just minor shelf wear to extremities. Dust wrapper is very smart, with shelf wear to edges, and the odd small mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.