ABOVE IS PABLO PICASSO'S PAINTING CALLED "WOMAN WITH FAN" (OIL PAINTING. 1905) {39 AND A 1/2 INCHES BY 32 INCHES.} IN THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. W. AVERALL HARRIMAN. NEW YORK AND BELOW THE SAME
ABOVE: PABLO PICASSO'S PAINTING CALLED "WOMAN WITH FAN" (OIL PAINTING. 1905) {39 AND A 1/2 INCHES BY 32 INCHES.} IN THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. W. AVERALL HARRIMAN. NEW YORK AND BELOW THE SAME:
THE PICTURE 'WOMAN WITH FAN' IS DISPLAYED AND MENTIONED ON PAGE 421-422 IN SIR JOHN RICHARDSON'S BOOK ENTITLED "A LIFE OF PICASSO:THE PRODIGY. 1881-1906." VOL.1 WITH THE COLLABORATION OF MARYLIN MCULLY. PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF. NEW YORK. 2015. THIS AUTHOR IS CONSIDERED THE CHIEF BIOGRAPHER AND AUTHORITY OF THE LIFE OF PABLO PICASSO AND HE MET AND TALKED WITH PICASSO FREQUENTLY WHEN HE WAS WRITING THIS BOOK. COPYRIGHT 1991. THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK. PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF. ISBN-13:978-0-375-71149-7. AUTHOR'S DEDICATION: IN MEMORY OF DOUGLAS COOPER, FEBRUARY 20, 1911 - APRIL 1, 1984.
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THE PICASSO FANZINE NUMBER 2
ON THIS PAGE IS PABLO PICASSO'S PAINTING CALLED "WOMAN WITH FAN" (OIL PAINTING. 1905)
IN FRONT OF ME I HAVE A PERFECT AND BEAUTIFUL FULL-COLOR PICTURE-PLATE OF PABLO PICASSO'S "WOMAN WITH FAN." IT IS FOUND IN THE BOOK CALLED "PICASSO" AND IT IS A SPECIAL PUBLICATION OF 16 LARGE BEAUTIFUL FOLIO-SIZED FULL COLOR PABLO PICASSO PRINTS. IT IS AN ABRAMS ART BOOK OVERSIZED FOLIO. THIS IS THE PUBLISHING INFORMATION: "PLATE 1, FRONT COVER, PABLO PICASSO'S "WOMAN WITH FAN," 1905. OIL. {39 AND A 1/2 INCHES BY 32 INCHES.} COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. W. AVERALL HARRIMAN. [SIC] NEW YORK. BOOK COPYRIGHT INFORMATION 1954 BY HARRY N. ABRAMS INCOROPORATED. "ART TREASURES OF THE WORLD." ADDRESS 100 SIXTH AVENUE, NEW YORK 13. N.Y. U.S.A. THIS IS THE BRIEF COMMENTARY PROVIDED (SEE PAGE 3 OF THIS SPECIAL PABLO PICASSO FOLIO), START COMMENTARY:"COVER OF BOOK, PLATE ONE. "WOMAN WITH A FAN." PAINTED IN 1905. OIL. {39 AND 1/2 INCHES BY 32 INCHES.} COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. W. AVERALL HARRIMAN. [SIC] NEW YORK..."THE REPOSE AND CALM OF 'THE WOMAN WITH FAN' REFLECT THE SIMPLICITY AND RESTRAINT OF PICASSO'S ROSE PERIOD. HIS TREATEMENT IS CLASSIC. IN COMPARISON WITH 'THE BOY WITH A PIPE' (PLATE 12), THE COMPOSITION IS SIMPLER, THE POSE LESS CONFINED, AND THE COLORS LESS VARIED. THE UPRAISED ARM IS SUBTLY OUTLINED AGAINST THE BACKGROUND."
BUT WE OURSELVES WILL ADD THIS: NOW, IN THE BRITANNICA ENCYCLOPEDIA, VOLUME 25, AND IN THE ARTICLE CALLED 'THE ART OF PAINTING,' PAGE 318, WE ARE INTRODUCED TO THE IDEA THAT AN ARTIST CAN BEGIN HIS PAINTING BY DRAWING LARGE BLOCKS {"LARGE SOLIDS AND MASSES"} AND SHAPES ON THE CANVAS TO GENERALLY AND QUICKLY REPRESENT PEOPLE, OBJECTS, BUILDINGS AND NATURAL SHAPES SUCH AS CLOUDS AND MOUNTAINS. THESE ARE THEN FLESHED-OUT WITH OTHER CHARACTERISTICS. THIS IS THE NORMAL THING TO DO. BUT IN THIS PICTURE PICASSO HAS DONE SOMETHING UNIQUE AND WAS POSSIBLY THE FIRST IN THE ART WORLD TO DO IT, BECAUSE WE CLEARLY FIND THAT PABLO PICASSO DREW THE "WOMAN WITH FAN" USING WHAT IS CALLED A "BIO-MORPHIC SHAPE" OR A LIQUID, CURLY, TENTACLED-SHAPE WITH LOTS OF SPACE AND IRREGULARITY. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CONTRARY TO THE CYLINDERS, RECTANGLES, AND CONES OF REGULAR PAINTED CANVASSES. IT IS TO BE SAID WITH CLARITY: OPEN-SHAPED BIO-MORPH OBJECTS ARE RARELY THE FOUNDATION OF ANY SIGNIFICANTLY-SIZED PORTRAIT.
PICASSO HAS DONE THE ARTISTICLY UNPREDICTABLE PERFECTLY: WE, THE VIEWER, ONCE-AGAIN FIND OURSELVES FACING THE FAMILIAR-UNFAMILIAR SITUATION. WHEN LOOKING AT THE 'WOMAN WITH FAN' THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUt IT THAT IS DIFFERENT THAT WE CANNOT AT FIRST PUT OUR FINGER ON, AND THAT MAKES THIS PAINTING SO VERY DIFFERENT AND ACCORDINGLY SO WELL-RECOGNIZED; AND IT IS BECAUSE CLEVERLY PICASSO HAS USED A BIOMORPHIC SHAPE FOR HIS PORTRAIT. IF DONE POORLY, BIO-MORPHIC SHAPES LOOK DREADFULLY FOOLISH TO LOOK AT. BUT IN THIS INSTANCE IT IS VERY MUCH QUITE THE OPPOSITE. THIS BIOMORPHIC OR OPEN-SHAPED SUPERSTRUCTURE IS RECOGNIZED IMMEDIATELY BY EVERYONE, AND WORLD-WIDE IN FACT, AND IT IS THIS UNIQUE RISKY INSIGHT THAT I THINK CONTRIBUTES TO ITS GREAT PLEASURE AND FAME.
SPACE IS SHORT AND WORDS ARE COUNTED, AND THEREFORE THIS REMARK ON THIS FAMOUS PABLO PICASSO 'WOMAN WITH FAN' PAINTING WILL END.KINDLY CONTRIBUTE MONEY AND KEEP THIS WEBSITE UP
...///...THIS IS THE END OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTED REMARKS AND INSIGHTS.
PICASSO FANZINE.
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