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A volume of twenty poetic works by the sixteenth-century Spanish poet is hand-written by Pablo Picasso and embellished with the master Surrealist's accompanying flourishes, figures, and sketches, in a bilingual edition that is complemented by twenty drypoint and aquatint portraits.
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In Gongora, Picasso is inspired by his native Spanish artistic tradition. The handwritten Spanish text, with its remarques closely following the text, establishes the artist's personal attachment to the poetry, while the rich presentation of images - described as a "veritable feminine kaleidoscope" - invites the natural comparison with the great Spanish portraitists El Greco, who was Gongora's contemporary, and Velasquez.Picasso's etchings, executed in drypoint and aquatint, demonstrate an extraordinary ability to master the elements of light and dark to create rich, sensuous and mysterious effects. One of Picasso's finest graphic accomplishments, Gongora is a memorable visual and literary experience.
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