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Le portrait cubiste d'Apollinaire par Picasso, frontispice d''Alcools'

Read, Peter (2001) Le portrait cubiste d'Apollinaire par Picasso, frontispice d''Alcools'. In: Décaudin, Michel, ed. Apollinaire et le portrait. Guillaume Apollinaire (21). Lettres modernes Minard, Paris, Caen, pp. 49-69. ISBN 2-256-91026-1. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:5799)

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Abstract

This essay examines Picasso's 1913 cubist portrait of Apollinaire, designed as a frontispiece for his poetry collection 'Alcools'. Its paratextual function in relation to the book of poems is dicussed, as are its aesthetic qualities and its place in relation to other cubist portraits. The essay also includes a preparatory sketch for the portrait and a previously unpublished photograph of Apollinaire taken by Picasso. The essential relationship between photography, a Polynesian sculpture and the drawing is thus made apparent.

Item Type: Book section
Subjects: N Visual Arts
P Language and Literature
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Culture and Languages
Depositing User: Peter Read
Date Deposited: 21 Oct 2008 11:00 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:43 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/5799 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Read, Peter.

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