First Edition of Alfred H. Barr Jr's., Picasso: Fifty Years of His Art, 1946

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Alfred H. Barr was the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, a position he held until 1943. Barr curated the first American Picasso retrospective in 1940 entitled, Picasso: Forty Years of His Art. Barr later published an updated and expanded version of the catalogue for this exhibition under the title, Picasso: Fifty Years of His Art, published in 1946. That same year, Harvard University granted Barr a Ph.D. for his work on Picasso.

Title: Picasso: Fifty Years of His Art
Author: Alfred H. Barr Jr.
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art, New York
Publication date: 1946 First edition
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Pages: 314
Images: 330
Book Condition: Very good. Ownership inscription of Dr Alastair Grieve. Dust Jacket condition: Good. Some tears and losses
Stock Number: RB03802

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Alfred H. Barr was the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, a position he held until 1943. Barr curated the first American Picasso retrospective in 1940 entitled, Picasso: Forty Years of His Art. Barr later published an updated and expanded version of the catalogue for this exhibition under the title, Picasso: Fifty Years of His Art, published in 1946. That same year, Harvard University granted Barr a Ph.D. for his work on Picasso.

Title: Picasso: Fifty Years of His Art
Author: Alfred H. Barr Jr.
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art, New York
Publication date: 1946 First edition
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Pages: 314
Images: 330
Book Condition: Very good. Ownership inscription of Dr Alastair Grieve. Dust Jacket condition: Good. Some tears and losses
Stock Number: RB03802

Alfred H. Barr was the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, a position he held until 1943. Barr curated the first American Picasso retrospective in 1940 entitled, Picasso: Forty Years of His Art. Barr later published an updated and expanded version of the catalogue for this exhibition under the title, Picasso: Fifty Years of His Art, published in 1946. That same year, Harvard University granted Barr a Ph.D. for his work on Picasso.

Title: Picasso: Fifty Years of His Art
Author: Alfred H. Barr Jr.
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art, New York
Publication date: 1946 First edition
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Pages: 314
Images: 330
Book Condition: Very good. Ownership inscription of Dr Alastair Grieve. Dust Jacket condition: Good. Some tears and losses
Stock Number: RB03802

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