Resources | Pablo Picasso

There is a plethora of excellent resources on Picasso’s work. Some of our most consulted are those below.

Museum (selected):

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Raisonnés:

Catalogues Raisonnés: Zervos

The Zervos raisonné (1) is generally regarded as the authoritative source for Picasso’s original works on canvas and paper. (2)

(1) Zervos, Christian. Pablo Picasso. 33. Vol. 33. 33 vols. Paris: Éditions "Cahiers d'art", 1926.

(2) Plessa, Elizabeth. “Zervos: the Name That Can Make or Break a Picasso.” The Art Newspaper. The Art Newspaper, January 28, 2020.

Zervos II. The second edition of the Zervos raisonné (in 33 volumes) was released in 2014. If you want to purchase a Picasso raisonné, you could buy this set or a new car. Not for the faint of heart. See: Stolz, George. “The $20,000 Picasso Catalogue the Art World Was Waiting For.” ARTnews.com. ARTnews.com, November 18, 2019.

Catalogues Raisonnés: Prints (Bloch and Baer)

Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, Tome I: Catalogue De L'oeuvre gravé Et lithographié, 1904-1967 = Pablo Picasso, Volume I: Catalogue of the Printed Graphic Work, 1904-1967. I. Vol. I. Berne: Kornfeld et Klipstein, 1971.

Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso / Volume II. Catalogue of the Printed Graphic Work 1966-1969 =Band II. Katalog Des Graphischen Werkes 1966-1969. II. Vol. II. Berne: Kornfeld et Klipstein, 1971.

Geiser, Bernhard, and Brigitte Baer. PICASSO: Peintre-Graveur. 7. Vol. 7. 7 vols. Catalogue Raisonné De L'Oeuvre Grave Et Lithographie. Berne: Kornfeld et Klipstein, 1933.

Picasso’s Life:

Richardson, John. A Life of Picasso. I-III. 1st ed. Vol. I-III. III vols. Manhattan, New York: Random House, 1996.