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The story of Douglas Cooper--the brilliant, controversial art expert and collector who assembled the world's most important private collection of cubist paintings--is told for the first time, with details on Cooper's relationship with Picasso and other great artists of the period. 25,000 first printing.
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Richardson (the award winning author of A Life of Picasso ), presents a sharply etched portrait of Cooper, the colorful figure who single-handedly assembled the world's most important private cubist collection. It is also the story of Cooper's and Richardson's association, which began in 1949, and came to fruition and ultimate disaster at the 18th-century colonnaded folly in Provence that they restored and filled with artistic masterpieces. Contains 124 b&w photographs and illustrations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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